Saturday, December 26, 2009

A CORK TOO FAR: 1988 ST HELGA RIESLING


Here's a picture of the cork from the 1988 St Helga Riesling, which was a rather dubious black on top. Full credit must go to my dad though, for managing to remove it in one piece. Strangely, he seems to have had a lot of practice removing decrepit corks from bottles...

2 comments:

  1. Chris,

    Sounds a little like my dad, who periodically pulls out some old bottle which is exhausted and expired. I have to applaud the cork screw technique though - always go through the cork if in doubt. . .

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  2. Thanks Edward.

    Admittedly the 88 St Helga was a lot more palpable than the 1968 Seaview Cabernet Sauvignon my dad pulled out recently! You're right though, he did a great job with the cork. Halfway through the extraction he looked to have fluffed it - at which point he said; "it's ok, I have a device for this."

    Happy New Year Edward,
    Chris P

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