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To: ameribbean expat
Aren't you supposed to give the bottle a 1/2 turn every month, or so?


14 posted on 07/13/2017 11:00:40 PM PDT by Daffynition (The New PTSD: PRESIDENT-Trump Stress Disorder” - The LSN didn’t make Trump, so they can’t break T)
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To: Daffynition

No, maybe you’re thinking of champagne riddling where bottles are stored inverted and turned regularly to collect sediment in the neck so it can be successfully disgorged before topping off and final corking. Aside from that special pre-release situation, wines are best stored quietly at a very slight slant, exactly as in your picture. At that angle the cork stays wetted but any sediment will settle toward the bottom of the bottle.


16 posted on 07/13/2017 11:20:03 PM PDT by SFConservative
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To: Daffynition

Ideally you would turn a red periodically, but as long as the wine was stored so that the liquid remained in contact with the cork (preventing the cork from drying out, as seen in the photo), it could last indefinitely.


19 posted on 07/14/2017 12:18:00 AM PDT by Gargantua (Still Not Tired Of Winning... ;^)
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To: Daffynition
Aren't you supposed to give the bottle a 1/2 turn every month, or so?

If you don't you have to decant very carefully; sediment.

27 posted on 07/14/2017 8:08:40 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Building the Wall! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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