"Bill" > wrote in message
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>
> I received a shipment of wine today and there was a last minute note
> in the box about "Wine Diamonds" which are tartrate crystals. I gather
> the wine in my box contains Wine Diamonds. The note goes on to say that
> in Europe these sediment crystals are appreciated as a sign that the
> wine is natural. Indeed I have had three different merchants in
> Germany say the wine is highly prized if it has the crystals. It was
> always in the winter when they were trying to sell me these wines and
> my feeling was that the wine had gotten very cold for the first time
> and caused the crystals to precipitate out. I think that cold
> processing of white wines here in the US gets rid of them totally.
> OK this is a subject for some European comment.
>
> Bill
>

Are you speaking of the "Wine Diamonds" made recently by Riedel or
of the other "wine diamonds" which have been spotted on the market
for over ten years by some sharp-eyed people. We must note that the
ten-year old ones are not of the same manufacture, albeit they may be
of identical quality and function, but your mentioning this at such a
sensitive time in the lifespan of this newsgroup brings into question
your sincerity. I have experienced the joy of possessing for a brief
time some of these in the recent past; unfortunately I cannot vouch
for their bona fides as we had no time to engage in conversation
about their origin. Suffice it to say that I am making no claims either
directly or to the contrary about the provenance of these crystals.

pavane