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Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Viva la Screw Cap!
As late as the mid-17th century, the French wine makers did not use corks. Instead, they used oil-soaked rags stuffed into the necks of bottles.
Sure makes the screw cap sound a bit more attractive, doesn't it?!
http://www.corkfacts.com/contpges/histmain.htm
ReplyDeletehttp://www.wineintro.com/history/glassware/cork.html
http://www.corkqc.com/harvesting/harvest3.htm
Good ol' Dom gets a call out on almost all the cork sites.