Comments on: Dept. of “What were they thinking?”

By: skip smith

skip smith — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:29:46 +0000

Please reply to my 3/13/2009 entry.

By: skip smith

skip smith — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:24:24 +0000

To “Paul in Boca” re: his 12/2/2008 entry (or anyone else who would like to comment): What kind of corkscrew did/should you use to open a 3.0 litre wine bottle? Thanks.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:55:57 +0000

I think that they mainly copied the idea off of Maker’s Mark which started doing its bottles like this in 1958. Granted, some others may have done this before then but I really think Maker’s was what made so many others try it. The bourbon is very easy to open because there’s a tab that you pull and it unravels around the cap and allows you to easily open the bottle. I haven’t run into this with wine but I can only imagine how much more difficult it would be to open. Stick to corks!

By: steve

steve — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:03:01 +0000

Paul, I just don’t want to work that hard to open a bottle.

By: Paul in Boca

Paul in Boca — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:58:47 +0000

I decided Thanksgiving was the right time to open a 3.0 liter bottle of 2001 Justin Isosceles that had a red wax cover. Using a regular corkscrew, I started at the bottom of the enclosure, carefully cutting at the wax and breaking it away from the neck of the bottle, piece by piece. The process took about 3 minutes, and I had no problem at all. Sure, that enclosure sucks for restaurant service, but if you can’t figure out how to remove the wax, the simple solution is don’t buy the bottle.