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Oh, I knew you were just joking, but the picture was so good I had to send it. It looks just the way I remember the cork being harvested (if that's the word) in Portugal.
Many contrasts in that country. You could be standing behind a new factory complex and a goat herd, with goats, would pass across the rough ground at the back - goat bells jingling and all. More like the eastern Mediterranean than western Europe in some ways.
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"Excellent choice, sir, sneered the sommelier. "May I unscrew the top and let it breathe a bit?"
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Stevlin (screw-top) capping has been used for a number of years, especially with white wines. If one does not intend for the wine to be aged, then there is no point taking the risk of the wine being corked. Numerous blind tastings have shown no appreciable difference in the quality of the wine. More recently, some reds have been trialed under stevlin. Not only is the risk of a corked wine reduced, but recent tastings have indicated that the wine still ages, though slower, and maintains more of the original flavours.
Nothing beats a real cork for style, but plastic corks and stevlin seals do work. I imagine the lower and middle range wines will eventually be sealed this way to minimise losses and consumer complaints.
/end strong personal opinion
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to Jackie re "all the correct sizes and shapes of course."
No doubt there would be plantations of them in Italy next to the fields of spaghetti bushes I remember seeing pictures of years ago.
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were the subject of a BBC piece on the upcoming famine caused by a drought or a blight of some kind in the spaghetti farming industry. It caused a huge run on existing spaghetti stocks even in Italy, notwithstanding the fact that it aired on April 1, approximately 1955. I remember its being reported on the news. The people at BBC certainly were proud of themselves, and rightfully so.
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I think the jackalopes ate 'em.
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thanks, doc, for that info. as I said, the wine was wonderful, and it really didn't bother me that much. as soon as I tasted it, I got over it! 
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I think the jackalopes ate 'em.
Or either the haggises, one.
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I think the jackalopes ate 'em.
Or either the haggises, one.
or the Harpies . . .
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