Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/06

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Subject: [Leica] Wine corks
From: henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 13:43:13 -0700
References: <BANLkTik7_v6fqzm+bkWS0+UYMULiCWcnvQ@mail.gmail.com> <p06240822ca11e0d49d5d@[192.168.1.106]> <p06230914ca120b065eb4@[192.168.1.8]> <B5C8ED45-082C-4CD3-9232-CA24A42CF5C8@mac.com> <0004F85B-B53B-4FD4-90F4-A57E748DB21D@frozenlight.eu>

Having it tapered and that large in diameter at the top will mess up 
the cork and opening process. In fact, there's danger that it will 
break the top of the bottle.

Hang it on a wall, and get something else that's useful.


>It is a beautiful work of art, beautifully photographed--but as a 
>tool to open a bottle of wine, it falls well short of the ubiquitous 
>"sommelier's friend" that you see used in every restaurant.
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>Cheers,
>nathan
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>Nathan Wajsman
>Alicante, Spain
>http://www.frozenlight.eu
>http://www.greatpix.eu
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>YNWA
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>On Jun 6, 2011, at 9:41 PM, George Lottermoser wrote:
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>>  On Jun 5, 2011, at 11:45 PM, Henning Wulff wrote:
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>>>  and have a brass version of one of these in my kitchen:
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>>>  http://tinyurl.com/3jy4qcd
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>>  you wine people need yourselves a hand wrought cork screw
>>  <http://www.sethtyler.net/slideshows/cork_screw_01/index.html>
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>>  Regards,
>>  George Lottermoser
>>  george at imagist.com
>>  http://www.imagist.com
>>  http://www.imagist.com/blog
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       Henning J. Wulff
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