This is a good tip for frequent travelers who find themselves with a
bottle of wine and no corkscrew. I'm assuming we all have shoes. It's
in French, but understandable. (If someone tells me this is false, via
Snopes, I'll be very disappointed.)

http://video.bon-savoir.commentkonfa...chaussure/1644

or:

http://tinyurl.com/3ad4c8e

gloria p

"gloria.p" > wrote in message
...
>
>
>
> This is a good tip for frequent travelers who find themselves with a
> bottle of wine and no corkscrew. I'm assuming we all have shoes. It's
> in French, but understandable. (If someone tells me this is false, via
> Snopes, I'll be very disappointed.)
>
> http://video.bon-savoir.commentkonfa...chaussure/1644
>
> or:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/3ad4c8e
>
> gloria p

Amazing - not that I am a skeptic but I'll have to try it.

Dimitri

On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 16:30:27 -0700, "Dimitri" >
wrote:

>"gloria.p" > wrote in message
...
>>
>>
>>
>> This is a good tip for frequent travelers who find themselves with a
>> bottle of wine and no corkscrew. I'm assuming we all have shoes. It's
>> in French, but understandable. (If someone tells me this is false, via
>> Snopes, I'll be very disappointed.)
>>
>> http://video.bon-savoir.commentkonfa...chaussure/1644
>>
>> or:
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/3ad4c8e
>>
>> gloria p
>
>Amazing - not that I am a skeptic but I'll have to try it.
>
>Dimitri
>
I got that this morning too and sent it on to a friend. She attempted
to open it with a pair of tennis shoes and a pair of flip flops. I
reminded her the guy had a fine French shoe. Later my friend- a
super computer geek said: "Been reading - evidently the idea is good,
but my selection of shoes was wrong. (You can also do it by butting
the bottom of the bottle on a tree.) Good knowledge to have in
case of emergency!"
Pretty cool.

aloha,
Cea

On Jun 13, 7:09*pm, pure kona > wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 16:30:27 -0700, "Dimitri" >
> wrote:
>
>
>
> >"gloria.p" > wrote in message
> ...
>
> >> This is a good tip for frequent travelers who find themselves with a
> >> bottle of wine and no corkscrew. * I'm assuming we all have shoes. *It's
> >> in French, but understandable. *(If someone tells me this is false, via
> >> Snopes, I'll be very disappointed.)
>
> >>http://video.bon-savoir.commentkonfa...t-ouvrir-boute....
>
> >> or:
>
> >>http://tinyurl.com/3ad4c8e
>
> >> gloria p
>
> >Amazing - not that I am a skeptic but I'll have to try it.
>
> >Dimitri
>
> I got that this morning too and sent it on to a friend. *She attempted
> to open it with a pair of tennis shoes and a pair of flip flops. *I
> reminded her the guy had a *fine French shoe. *Later my friend- a
> super computer geek said: "Been reading - evidently the idea is good,
> but my selection of shoes was *wrong. *(You can also do it by butting
> the bottom of the bottle on a tree.) * Good knowledge to have in
> case of emergency!"
> Pretty cool.

On a tree? Interesting! I too will have to try it. It doesn't look
like there's any trickery in the video (looks furtively around for a
tree and a unopened corked wine bottle...)

John Kuthe...

"gloria.p" > wrote in message
...
>
>
>
> This is a good tip for frequent travelers who find themselves with a
> bottle of wine and no corkscrew. I'm assuming we all have shoes. It's
> in French, but understandable. (If someone tells me this is false, via
> Snopes, I'll be very disappointed.)
>
> http://video.bon-savoir.commentkonfa...chaussure/1644
>
> or:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/3ad4c8e
>
> gloria p

My Dad just broke the neck of the bottle off on the track of his tank.

Jim



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On Jun 13, 8:47*pm, "Jimbo" > wrote:
> "gloria.p" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
>
>
> > This is a good tip for frequent travelers who find themselves with a
> > bottle of wine and no corkscrew. * I'm assuming we all have shoes. *It's
> > in French, but understandable. *(If someone tells me this is false, via
> > Snopes, I'll be very disappointed.)
>
> >http://video.bon-savoir.commentkonfa...t-ouvrir-boute...
>
> > or:
>
> >http://tinyurl.com/3ad4c8e
>
> > gloria p
>
> My Dad just broke the neck of the bottle off on the track of his tank.

Drank glass shards, eh?

John Kuthe...

"John Kuthe" > wrote in message
...
> On Jun 13, 8:47 pm, "Jimbo" > wrote:
>> "gloria.p" > wrote in message
>>
>> ...
>>
>>
>>
>> > This is a good tip for frequent travelers who find themselves with a
>> > bottle of wine and no corkscrew. I'm assuming we all have shoes.
>> > It's
>> > in French, but understandable. (If someone tells me this is false, via
>> > Snopes, I'll be very disappointed.)
>>
>> >http://video.bon-savoir.commentkonfa...t-ouvrir-boute...
>>
>> > or:
>>
>> >http://tinyurl.com/3ad4c8e
>>
>> > gloria p
>>
>> My Dad just broke the neck of the bottle off on the track of his tank.
>
> Drank glass shards, eh?
>
> John Kuthe...

That is why you decant.

On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 16:30:27 -0700, "Dimitri" >
wrote:

> Amazing - not that I am a skeptic but I'll have to try it.

Let us know how it turns out! I can imagine it working if the wine
has some fizz to it... but opening a still wine?

--
Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.

pure kona > wrote in
:

> On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 16:30:27 -0700, "Dimitri" >
> wrote:
>
>>"gloria.p" > wrote in message
...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This is a good tip for frequent travelers who find themselves with a
>>> bottle of wine and no corkscrew. I'm assuming we all have shoes.
>>> It's in French, but understandable. (If someone tells me this is
>>> false, via Snopes, I'll be very disappointed.)
>>>
>>> http://video.bon-savoir.commentkonfa...omment-ouvrir-
bouteil
>>> le-vin-avec-chaussure/1644
>>>
>>> or:
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/3ad4c8e
>>>
>>> gloria p
>>
>>Amazing - not that I am a skeptic but I'll have to try it.
>>
>>Dimitri
>>
> I got that this morning too and sent it on to a friend. She attempted
> to open it with a pair of tennis shoes and a pair of flip flops. I
> reminded her the guy had a fine French shoe. Later my friend- a
> super computer geek said: "Been reading - evidently the idea is good,
> but my selection of shoes was wrong. (You can also do it by butting
> the bottom of the bottle on a tree.) Good knowledge to have in
> case of emergency!"
> Pretty cool.
>
> aloha,
> Cea
>



Just watched the video...... and I *am* intreegued (pun intended :-)

I'm going to try the shoe, and the tree method.


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

Pain is your friend, your ally, it will tell you when you are seriously
injured, it will keep you awake and angry, and remind you to finish the
job and get the hell home. But you know the best thing about pain?

It lets you know you're not dead yet!

sf > wrote in :

> On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 16:30:27 -0700, "Dimitri" >
> wrote:
>
>> Amazing - not that I am a skeptic but I'll have to try it.
>
> Let us know how it turns out! I can imagine it working if the wine
> has some fizz to it... but opening a still wine?
>



http://www.wikihow.com/Open-a-Wine-B...ut-a-Corkscrew



--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

Pain is your friend, your ally, it will tell you when you are seriously
injured, it will keep you awake and angry, and remind you to finish the job
and get the hell home. But you know the best thing about pain?

It lets you know you're not dead yet!

"gloria.p" > wrote in
:

>
>
>
> This is a good tip for frequent travelers who find themselves with a
> bottle of wine and no corkscrew. I'm assuming we all have shoes. It's
> in French, but understandable. (If someone tells me this is false, via
> Snopes, I'll be very disappointed.)



The shoe seems to be one of the methods, and the best one if it's raining
outside :-)

But the tree seems to be a good one too..........


http://www.wikihow.com/Open-a-Wine-B...ut-a-Corkscrew



>
> http://video.bon-savoir.commentkonfa...omment-ouvrir-
bouteille
> -vin-avec-chaussure/1644
>
> or:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/3ad4c8e
>
> gloria p



--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

Pain is your friend, your ally, it will tell you when you are seriously
injured, it will keep you awake and angry, and remind you to finish the
job and get the hell home. But you know the best thing about pain?

It lets you know you're not dead yet!

"gloria.p" > wrote in message
...
>
>
>
> This is a good tip for frequent travelers who find themselves with a
> bottle of wine and no corkscrew. I'm assuming we all have shoes. It's
> in French, but understandable. (If someone tells me this is false, via
> Snopes, I'll be very disappointed.)
>
> http://video.bon-savoir.commentkonfa...chaussure/1644
>
> or:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/3ad4c8e

Reminds me of that old WC Fields gag - "I remember the time we were
traveling in the wilds of Afghanistan and lost out cork screw. Had to live
on nothing but food and water for 7 days."

Paul

On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:21:35 -0600, "gloria.p" >
wrote:

>
>
>
>This is a good tip for frequent travelers who find themselves with a
>bottle of wine and no corkscrew. I'm assuming we all have shoes. It's
>in French, but understandable. (If someone tells me this is false, via
>Snopes, I'll be very disappointed.)
>
>http://video.bon-savoir.commentkonfa...chaussure/1644
>
>or:
>
>http://tinyurl.com/3ad4c8e
>
>gloria p

If you're in a hotel/motel I'm sure the people in the next room really
appreciate you opening your wine that way at 2 AM.
Save yourself the trouble, you can get eminently drinkable wine in
screwcap bottles or even tetrapaks these days.

Ross.

Ross wrote:

> If you're in a hotel/motel I'm sure the people in the next room really
> appreciate you opening your wine that way at 2 AM.
> Save yourself the trouble, you can get eminently drinkable wine in
> screwcap bottles or even tetrapaks these days.


True on both counts. I have read in a number of reliable sources that
screw tops are actually a better way to cap wine bottles and more and
more good wines are being bottled with screw caps instead of corks.

Ross wrote in :

> On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:21:35 -0600, "gloria.p" >
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>>This is a good tip for frequent travelers who find themselves with a
>>bottle of wine and no corkscrew. I'm assuming we all have shoes. It's
>>in French, but understandable. (If someone tells me this is false, via
>>Snopes, I'll be very disappointed.)
>>
>>http://video.bon-savoir.commentkonfa...omment-ouvrir-
bouteille
>>-vin-avec-chaussure/1644
>>
>>or:
>>
>>http://tinyurl.com/3ad4c8e
>>
>>gloria p
>
> If you're in a hotel/motel I'm sure the people in the next room really
> appreciate you opening your wine that way at 2 AM.
> Save yourself the trouble, you can get eminently drinkable wine in
> screwcap bottles or even tetrapaks these days.
>
> Ross.
>



There's no romance in your life, is there?




--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

Pain is your friend, your ally, it will tell you when you are seriously
injured, it will keep you awake and angry, and remind you to finish the
job and get the hell home. But you know the best thing about pain?

It lets you know you're not dead yet!

PL wrote on Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:24:37 GMT:

>> On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:21:35 -0600, "gloria.p"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> This is a good tip for frequent travelers who find
>>> themselves with a bottle of wine and no corkscrew. I'm
>>> assuming we all have shoes. It's in French, but
>>> understandable. (If someone tells me this is false, via
>>> Snopes, I'll be very disappointed.)
>>>
>>> http://video.bon-savoir.commentkonfa...omment-ouvrir-
> bouteille
>>> -vin-avec-chaussure/1644
>>>
>>> or:
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/3ad4c8e
>>>
>>> gloria p
>>
>> If you're in a hotel/motel I'm sure the people in the next
>> room really appreciate you opening your wine that way at 2
>> AM. Save yourself the trouble, you can get eminently
>> drinkable wine in screwcap bottles or even tetrapaks these
>> days.
>>
>> Ross.
>>
> There's no romance in your life, is there?

That French method might even work but I think I'd want to do it
outdoors in case of accidents and not wear anything that could not be
washed :-)

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:32:06 -0400, Ross wrote:

> If you're in a hotel/motel I'm sure the people in the next room really
> appreciate you opening your wine that way at 2 AM.
> Save yourself the trouble, you can get eminently drinkable wine in
> screwcap bottles or even tetrapaks these days.

Oh, come on - get real! If it works, it's a fun party trick.

--
Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.

> On Jun 13, 8:47 pm, "Jimbo" > wrote:

>> My Dad just broke the neck of the bottle off on the track of his tank.
>


Every New Years Eve the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver creates a
6 foot tall stack of champagne saucers. The manager climbs up on
a stool and shears off the top of a jeroboam of champagne with a saber
and pours into the top glass until it overflows, creating a fountain.

Pretty impressive to watch.

gloria p

"gloria.p" > wrote in message ...
|
| > On Jun 13, 8:47 pm, "Jimbo" > wrote:
|
| >> My Dad just broke the neck of the bottle off on the track of his tank.
| >
|
|
| Every New Years Eve the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver creates a
| 6 foot tall stack of champagne saucers. The manager climbs up on
| a stool and shears off the top of a jeroboam of champagne with a saber
| and pours into the top glass until it overflows, creating a fountain.
|
| Pretty impressive to watch.

Oh yes. And that works because of the internal pressure in the
Champagne bottle which (in theory) forces the glass shards away
with the plume of wine foam. Then it is safe to drink; I did it once
and survived. You will find that many California or Spanish houses
will not try this as the pressure within their bottles is less than the
Champagne bottles, and might present a problem. But on the other
hand it is a standard procedure to break the neck of a vintage Port
bottle with a super-hot iron that sears off the neck and cork; there
is no pressure there, and I have never had that particular thrill.

pavane

On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:21:35 -0600, "gloria.p" >
wrote:

>
>
>
>This is a good tip for frequent travelers who find themselves with a
>bottle of wine and no corkscrew. I'm assuming we all have shoes. It's
>in French, but understandable. (If someone tells me this is false, via
>Snopes, I'll be very disappointed.)
>
>http://video.bon-savoir.commentkonfa...chaussure/1644
>
>or:
>
>http://tinyurl.com/3ad4c8e

Wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it and am still skeptical
enough to eagerly anticipate the first available opportunity to five
it a try. That'd be hilarious to do in front of guests at a dinner
party of old friends! I'll practice first!

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

--

"If the soup had been as warm as the wine,
if the wine had been as old as the turkey,
and if the turkey had had a breast like the maid,
it would have been a swell dinner." Duncan Hines


To reply, remove "spambot" and replace it with "cox"

sf wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:32:06 -0400, Ross wrote:
>
>> If you're in a hotel/motel I'm sure the people in the next room really
>> appreciate you opening your wine that way at 2 AM.
>> Save yourself the trouble, you can get eminently drinkable wine in
>> screwcap bottles or even tetrapaks these days.
>
> Oh, come on - get real! If it works, it's a fun party trick.
>



Besides, the original didn't say anything about a hotel.
If you're in a hotel, they have corkscrews at the front desk.

gloria p

On Jun 14, 9:24*pm, Wayne Boatwright >
wrote:
> On Mon 14 Jun 2010 07:17:10p, Terry Pulliam Burd told us...
>
>
>
> > On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:21:35 -0600, "gloria.p"
> > > wrote:
>
> >>This is a good tip for frequent travelers who find themselves with
> >>a bottle of wine and no corkscrew. * I'm assuming we all have
> >>shoes. *It's in French, but understandable. *(If someone tells me
> >>this is false, via Snopes, I'll be very disappointed.)
>
> >>http://video.bon-savoir.commentkonfa...ent-ouvrir-bou
> >>teille-vin-avec-chaussure/1644
>
> >>or:
>
> >>http://tinyurl.com/3ad4c8e
>
> > Wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it and am still
> > skeptical enough to eagerly anticipate the first available
> > opportunity to five it a try. That'd be hilarious to do in front
> > of guests at a dinner party of old friends! I'll practice first!
>
> > Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>
> I'm sure it does great things for a vintage bottle of wine that has
> sediment in the bottom. :-)

Oh, someone just HAD to bring up the sediment issue!

;-)

John Kuthe...

On Jun 14, 10:22*am, Dave Smith > wrote:
> Ross wrote:
> > If you're in a hotel/motel I'm sure the people in the next room really
> > appreciate you opening your wine that way at 2 AM.
> > Save yourself the trouble, you can get eminently drinkable wine in
> > screwcap bottles or even tetrapaks these days.
>
> True on both counts. I have read in a number of reliable sources that
> screw tops are actually a better way to cap wine bottles and more and
> more good wines are being bottled with screw caps instead of corks.

Screw caps are becoming more popular....especialy in wines who need to
be drunk 'young'.

http://www.wine.com/v6/Screw-Cap-Win...aspx?N=7155+44

On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 19:57:22 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe
> wrote:

>On Jun 13, 8:47*pm, "Jimbo" > wrote:

>> My Dad just broke the neck of the bottle off on the track of his tank.
>
>Drank glass shards, eh?

There is a restaurant southwest of Denver (just off Hwy. 285 near
Morrison, if anyone cares) called The Fort. It's pretty thematic (see
link below) and the waitstaff dress in frontier-era costumes. Not that
many years ago, when you ordered champagne, the waitstaff knocked the
cork (and occasionally some glass with it) out with a tomahawk.

http://www.thefort.com/

Really, really good buffalo steaks!

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

--

"If the soup had been as warm as the wine,
if the wine had been as old as the turkey,
and if the turkey had had a breast like the maid,
it would have been a swell dinner." Duncan Hines


To reply, remove "spambot" and replace it with "cox"

Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:

>
> There is a restaurant southwest of Denver (just off Hwy. 285 near
> Morrison, if anyone cares) called The Fort. It's pretty thematic (see
> link below) and the waitstaff dress in frontier-era costumes. Not that
> many years ago, when you ordered champagne, the waitstaff knocked the
> cork (and occasionally some glass with it) out with a tomahawk.

>
> Really, really good buffalo steaks!


We love to take Easterners and furriners there, up into the foothills.

The appetizer plate, enough for the table to share, has alligator,
rattlesnake, boudin sausage, peanut butter stuffed jalapeno poppers, and
Rocky Mt. oysters.

Their roast buffalo rib is delicious. I'm not crazy about most of the
game meat.

Drinks and desserts are pretty special, too, and there's a gorgeous view
of Denver lit up in the distance at dusk, from the many windows on the
east side.

Terry, did you know Sam Arnold died a few years ago? His daughter runs
the restaurant and has kept most of the traditions.

gloria p

On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:36:11 -0600, "gloria.p" >
wrote:

>We love to take Easterners and furriners there, up into the foothills.
>
>The appetizer plate, enough for the table to share, has alligator,
>rattlesnake, boudin sausage, peanut butter stuffed jalapeno poppers, and
>Rocky Mt. oysters.
>
>Their roast buffalo rib is delicious. I'm not crazy about most of the
>game meat.
>
>Drinks and desserts are pretty special, too, and there's a gorgeous view
>of Denver lit up in the distance at dusk, from the many windows on the
>east side.
>
>Terry, did you know Sam Arnold died a few years ago? His daughter runs
>the restaurant and has kept most of the traditions.

Aw, jeez, I'm sorry to hear that. I was afraid that when old Sam went
that the place would turn into some kind of theme park-type
restaurant. It is so special and such fun to take "furriners," as you
said. And both of our posts make me homesick :-(

And another place I loved to take "furriners" was the Buckhorn
Exchange just south of downtown. I especially loved to take Certain
People of PETA mindset <veg> The Buckhorn Exchange also had the
distinction of having liquor license (IIRC) number "1."

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

--

"If the soup had been as warm as the wine,
if the wine had been as old as the turkey,
and if the turkey had had a breast like the maid,
it would have been a swell dinner." Duncan Hines


To reply, remove "spambot" and replace it with "cox"

Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:

>
> And another place I loved to take "furriners" was the Buckhorn
> Exchange just south of downtown. I especially loved to take Certain
> People of PETA mindset <veg> The Buckhorn Exchange also had the
> distinction of having liquor license (IIRC) number "1."
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd


Yes, it has Denver's first license.

http://buckhornexchange.com/

One of the easterners we took there was completely freaked out
by what she called "those horny things" on the walls.

For the uninitiated, the restaurant walls are covered with
taxidermy of every horned animal, game bird, and many feline
trophy animals you can think of. It is a little disconcerting
the first time you go there to have a stuffed warthog looking
over your shoulder as you eat.

gloria p