Friday, 1 October 2010

Cork Alive


I served Champagne to some French friends recently and the cork, as I released it, sommelier-style and without a pop, sucked itself back into the bottle neck as if there was a vacuum inside.  When I twisted it out again it appeared very narrow which is the normal indication of bottle age.  But it had a curious lump on its end; and even more curiously, it appeared to be alive...



apologies for my laboured, heavily-accented French on the video; I think this was our second bottle of fruity, gluggable Brut from Joseph Walczak in Les Riceys
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5 comments:

  1. Justin Roberts1 October 2010 at 09:57

    What did the wine taste like?

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  2. Patrick Carpenter1 October 2010 at 12:45

    it was delicious, very appley (bruised apples turned into compôte rather than zingy and fresh); the grower is 18kms away in Les Riceys where they tend to only grow Pinot grapes and no Chardonnay

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  3. Patrick Carpenter1 October 2010 at 13:11

    ... and the wine was still alive with plenty of fizz (and even the cork was lively as you will have seen in the video)

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  4. theundergroundrestaurant5 October 2010 at 01:11

    yukky photo!

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  5. Patrick Carpenter5 October 2010 at 08:45

    did you watch the video Kirsten? It's not porn or a video nasty!!

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