I never thought such a thing would be possible but I just had an explosion
in my kitchen. There are glass shards everywhere! I had an empty bottle of
merlot from last week, sitting, corked, waiting to be taken out to the trash
and it EXPLODED. Apparently this thing built up gasses or something because
I'd put the cork back in the empty bottle. It looks like a terrorist just
visited my kitchen. Don't put corks back in empty wine bottles unless you
intend to take them out to be disposed of immediately.

This has been a public service announcement from someone who just cut her
hand on broken wine bottle glass and now has to vacuum the kitchen floor.

Jill
--
I used to have a handle on life...but it broke off.

jmcquown wrote:
> I never thought such a thing would be possible but I just had an explosion
> in my kitchen. There are glass shards everywhere! I had an empty bottle of
> merlot from last week, sitting, corked, waiting to be taken out to the trash
> and it EXPLODED. Apparently this thing built up gasses or something because
> I'd put the cork back in the empty bottle. It looks like a terrorist just
> visited my kitchen. Don't put corks back in empty wine bottles unless you
> intend to take them out to be disposed of immediately.
>
> This has been a public service announcement from someone who just cut her
> hand on broken wine bottle glass and now has to vacuum the kitchen floor.
>
> Jill

Sheesh, Jill, that's not too good. Hope your hand is ok.
Cheers
Cathy

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
>I never thought such a thing would be possible but I just had an explosion
> in my kitchen. There are glass shards everywhere! I had an empty bottle
> of
> merlot from last week, sitting, corked, waiting to be taken out to the
> trash
> and it EXPLODED. Apparently this thing built up gasses or something
> because
> I'd put the cork back in the empty bottle. It looks like a terrorist just
> visited my kitchen. Don't put corks back in empty wine bottles unless you
> intend to take them out to be disposed of immediately.

Then you run the risk of it exploding all over someone else, just toss the
cork.

> This has been a public service announcement from someone who just cut her
> hand on broken wine bottle glass and now has to vacuum the kitchen floor.

Geez, sorry to hear you hurt yourself. You'll be finding glass for some
time,
be careful.

nancy

jmcquown wrote:
> I never thought such a thing would be possible but I just had an explosion
> in my kitchen. There are glass shards everywhere! I had an empty bottle of
> merlot from last week, sitting, corked, waiting to be taken out to the trash
> and it EXPLODED. Apparently this thing built up gasses or something because
> I'd put the cork back in the empty bottle. It looks like a terrorist just
> visited my kitchen. Don't put corks back in empty wine bottles unless you
> intend to take them out to be disposed of immediately.
>
> This has been a public service announcement from someone who just cut her
> hand on broken wine bottle glass and now has to vacuum the kitchen floor.

It's good you're okay but what you describe is an oddity (very strange
occurance), I can't imagine the cork wouldn't have simply popped out.
Folks push corks back into partially full wine bottles all the time, I
do it myself... every once in a while gas from sparkling wines or just
re-fermentaion will ease the cork back out. Even laboratorys use corks
rather than screw tops, so the cork will pop out before the bottle
bursts. For more than 40 years I've been buying gallon jugs of Gallo
wine by the case, and these are screw caps, can't pop out... never once
did a jug burst, and we're talking thousands of jugs... which reminds
me, got a case sitting in my car since last week... now you have me
worried I will find it exploded. Methinks you forced that cork back in
with gorilla glue... and that bottle had to of somehow been damaged
after you opened it. You say it was sitting all week, perhaps you left
it in a sunny spot, then it could get awfully warm and just the air
could expand enough to burst a bottle... but not with a cork unless the
bottle was somehow damaged... ya know, you drank that entire bottle...
sure you didn't give it bang but just don't remember.

Sheldon

Was it one of those newfangled plastic or rubberish corks??


"Sheldon" > wrote in message
ps.com...
>
>
> jmcquown wrote:
> > I never thought such a thing would be possible but I just had an
explosion
> > in my kitchen. There are glass shards everywhere! I had an empty
bottle of
> > merlot from last week, sitting, corked, waiting to be taken out to the
trash
> > and it EXPLODED. Apparently this thing built up gasses or something
because
> > I'd put the cork back in the empty bottle. It looks like a terrorist
just
> > visited my kitchen. Don't put corks back in empty wine bottles unless
you
> > intend to take them out to be disposed of immediately.
> >
> > This has been a public service announcement from someone who just cut
her
> > hand on broken wine bottle glass and now has to vacuum the kitchen
floor.
>
> It's good you're okay but what you describe is an oddity (very strange
> occurance), I can't imagine the cork wouldn't have simply popped out.
> Folks push corks back into partially full wine bottles all the time, I
> do it myself... every once in a while gas from sparkling wines or just
> re-fermentaion will ease the cork back out. Even laboratorys use corks
> rather than screw tops, so the cork will pop out before the bottle
> bursts. For more than 40 years I've been buying gallon jugs of Gallo
> wine by the case, and these are screw caps, can't pop out... never once
> did a jug burst, and we're talking thousands of jugs... which reminds
> me, got a case sitting in my car since last week... now you have me
> worried I will find it exploded. Methinks you forced that cork back in
> with gorilla glue... and that bottle had to of somehow been damaged
> after you opened it. You say it was sitting all week, perhaps you left
> it in a sunny spot, then it could get awfully warm and just the air
> could expand enough to burst a bottle... but not with a cork unless the
> bottle was somehow damaged... ya know, you drank that entire bottle...
> sure you didn't give it bang but just don't remember.
>
> Sheldon
>

rmg wrote:
> Was it one of those newfangled plastic or rubberish corks??

Are you playing Twenty Questions or do you have some point to make?


Sheldon

"Sheldon" > wrote in message
oups.com...
>
>
> rmg wrote:
> > Was it one of those newfangled plastic or rubberish corks??
>
> Are you playing Twenty Questions or do you have some point to make?
>
>
> Sheldon


I was just thinking, since an earlier poster said laboratories use corks in
certain glass containers specifically because they prevent the containers
from exploding under pressure, that the cork must not have been doing its
job, or that perhaps if it was one of those new-type non-porous corks, it
might have acted differently somehow.

So there.

On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 07:45:29 -0700, Sheldon wrote:

> For more than 40 years I've been buying gallon jugs of Gallo
> wine by the case

What do you do with that stuff?

jay wrote:
> Sheldon wrote:
>
> > For more than 40 years I've been buying gallon jugs of Gallo
> > wine by the case
>
> What do you do with that stuff?

You must be new here... somebody tell him... I like big jugs.

Sheldon

"Sheldon" > wrote in message
oups.com...
>
>
> jay wrote:
>> Sheldon wrote:
>>
>> > For more than 40 years I've been buying gallon jugs of Gallo
>> > wine by the case
>>
>> What do you do with that stuff?
>
> You must be new here... somebody tell him... I like big jugs.
>
> Sheldon

FYI - Sheldon likes BIG JUGS.

Dimitri

"Sheldon" > wrote in message
ps.com...
>
>
> jmcquown wrote:
> > I never thought such a thing would be possible but I just had an
explosion
> > in my kitchen. There are glass shards everywhere! I had an empty
bottle of
> > merlot from last week, sitting, corked, waiting to be taken out to the
trash
> > and it EXPLODED. Apparently this thing built up gasses or something
because
> > I'd put the cork back in the empty bottle. It looks like a terrorist
just
> > visited my kitchen. Don't put corks back in empty wine bottles unless
you
> > intend to take them out to be disposed of immediately.
> >
> > This has been a public service announcement from someone who just cut
her
> > hand on broken wine bottle glass and now has to vacuum the kitchen
floor.
>
> It's good you're okay but what you describe is an oddity (very strange

<snip>

> Even laboratorys use corks
> rather than screw tops, so the cork will pop out before the bottle
> bursts.

Do you think, if it was one of those newfangled rubberish corks, it could
have prevented the pressure from being released?

jmcquown wrote:

> I never thought such a thing would be possible but I just had an explosion
> in my kitchen. There are glass shards everywhere! I had an empty bottle of
> merlot from last week, sitting, corked, waiting to be taken out to the trash
> and it EXPLODED. Apparently this thing built up gasses or something because
> I'd put the cork back in the empty bottle. It looks like a terrorist just
> visited my kitchen. Don't put corks back in empty wine bottles unless you
> intend to take them out to be disposed of immediately.
>
> This has been a public service announcement from someone who just cut her
> hand on broken wine bottle glass and now has to vacuum the kitchen floor.
>

Empty? No no. Take the bottle back to the liquor store and show them the
defective bottle that burst after you re-corked it. They will probably give you
a replacement.

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> jmcquown wrote:
>
>> I never thought such a thing would be possible but I just had an
>> explosion
>> in my kitchen. There are glass shards everywhere! I had an empty bottle
>> of
>> merlot from last week, sitting, corked, waiting to be taken out to the
>> trash
>> and it EXPLODED. Apparently this thing built up gasses or something
>> because
>> I'd put the cork back in the empty bottle. It looks like a terrorist
>> just
>> visited my kitchen. Don't put corks back in empty wine bottles unless
>> you
>> intend to take them out to be disposed of immediately.
>>
>> This has been a public service announcement from someone who just cut her
>> hand on broken wine bottle glass and now has to vacuum the kitchen floor.
>>
>
> Empty? No no. Take the bottle back to the liquor store and show them the
> defective bottle that burst after you re-corked it. They will probably
> give you
> a replacement.
>
>

Something else must have been involved - any pressure build up would have
pushed the cork out long before the bottle burst. Perhaps the bottle was
defective. Do your kids have a BB gun <g>?

--
Peter Aitken

Peter Aitken wrote:
>
>
> Something else must have been involved - any pressure build up would have
> pushed the cork out long before the bottle burst. Perhaps the bottle was
> defective. Do your kids have a BB gun <g>?
>

Just re-read her post.... and Jill said: "I had an empty bottle of
merlot from last week, sitting, corked, waiting to be taken out to the
trash"... she didn't say *where* it was sitting exactly... and then I
remembered - Jill has them cute, furry creatures aka cats... maybe she
should ask them a few questions?? I know our cats have been known to
cause mayhem and destruction in the past....

Cathy
--
I don't suffer from insanity - I enjoy every minute of it

"cathyxyz" > wrote in message
news
> Peter Aitken wrote:
>>
>>
>> Something else must have been involved - any pressure build up would have
>> pushed the cork out long before the bottle burst. Perhaps the bottle was
>> defective. Do your kids have a BB gun <g>?
>>
>
> Just re-read her post.... and Jill said: "I had an empty bottle of merlot
> from last week, sitting, corked, waiting to be taken out to the trash"... she
> didn't say *where* it was sitting exactly... and then I remembered - Jill has
> them cute, furry creatures aka cats... maybe she should ask them a few
> questions?? I know our cats have been known to cause mayhem and destruction
> in the past....
>
> Cathy
> --
> I don't suffer from insanity - I enjoy every minute of it

If that be true there would probably be cat blood all over the house. When
glass explodes as she mentioned it really goes all over the place like a bullet.

Dimitri

Dimitri wrote:
> "cathyxyz" > wrote in message
> news >
>>Peter Aitken wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Something else must have been involved - any pressure build up would have
>>>pushed the cork out long before the bottle burst. Perhaps the bottle was
>>>defective. Do your kids have a BB gun <g>?
>>>
>>
>>Just re-read her post.... and Jill said: "I had an empty bottle of merlot
>>from last week, sitting, corked, waiting to be taken out to the trash"... she
>>didn't say *where* it was sitting exactly... and then I remembered - Jill has
>>them cute, furry creatures aka cats... maybe she should ask them a few
>>questions?? I know our cats have been known to cause mayhem and destruction
>>in the past....
>>
>>Cathy
>>--
>>I don't suffer from insanity - I enjoy every minute of it
>
>
> If that be true there would probably be cat blood all over the house. When
> glass explodes as she mentioned it really goes all over the place like a bullet.
>
> Dimitri
>
>
Good point, Dimitri. But if the bottle was sitting near a window, and
the cat knocked it over on its way out of said window... it's possible
that it missed the "blast" ... Just find it very strange - we have had
many empty wine bottles "sitting around" in our kitchen in our lifetime
and none have exploded.... This is very strange indeed. Anyway, we will
have to ask Jill.

Cheers
Cathy


--
I don't suffer from insanity - I enjoy every minute of it

cathyxyz wrote:
> Peter Aitken wrote:
> >
> >
> > Something else must have been involved - any pressure build up would have
> > pushed the cork out long before the bottle burst. Perhaps the bottle was
> > defective. Do your kids have a BB gun <g>?
> >
>
> Just re-read her post.... and Jill said: "I had an empty bottle of
> merlot from last week, sitting, corked, waiting to be taken out to the
> trash"... she didn't say *where* it was sitting exactly... and then I
> remembered - Jill has them cute, furry creatures aka cats... maybe she
> should ask them a few questions?? I know our cats have been known to
> cause mayhem and destruction in the past....

Very true... I have six cats and have learned long ago never to leave
anything breakable anywhere where it could be caused to fall from any
height to a hard surface... two of my cats especially derive great
pleasure in hunting out things they can whack to the floor, the higher
the item and louder the crash the more gleeful their orgasms. If that
bottle was left on a kitchen counter you can be absolutely cerain
Jill's cat whacked it to the floor... there is no such thing as a cat
that will never leap up on a countertop... it's just that you may never
catch them, a cat's hearing is about a hundred times more acute than
human hearing, there is no way you can sneak up on a cat before it can
hear you approaching and [soundlessly] leap back to the floor. Believe
it or not cats primarilly hunt mice by sound (not sight), they can hear
mouse foot falls and high pitched squeaks as easily as you can hear
amplified rock music at a concert. The cork would have been popped
from that bottle long before any built up pressure exploded the
glass... Persia did it, no doubt in my mind,
mystery solved. And cats don't just whack stuff off countertops
indiscriminently, I've got a cat that takes particular joy in whacking
really good stuff from bathroom vanities and desk tops into
wastebaskets... ironically wireless mice are particularly suseptible...
first time it happend I got lucky and noticed it in my wastebasket,
wastebasket is now on the other side of the room... I just know I lost
my favorite stapler that way. Anyone who has cats it behooves them to
check wastebaskets carefully before puting the contents out for pickup.

Sheldon

"Sheldon" > wrote in message
ps.com...
>
>
> cathyxyz wrote:
> > Peter Aitken wrote:
> > >
> > >
> And cats don't just whack stuff off countertops
> indiscriminently, I've got a cat that takes particular joy in whacking
> really good stuff from bathroom vanities and desk tops into
> wastebaskets... ironically wireless mice are particularly suseptible...
> first time it happend I got lucky and noticed it in my wastebasket,
> wastebasket is now on the other side of the room... I just know I lost
> my favorite stapler that way. Anyone who has cats it behooves them to
> check wastebaskets carefully before puting the contents out for pickup.
>
> Sheldon
>

I have a cat who takes things OUT of wastebaskets; eggshells, soap boxes,
corn husks, globs of hair that I remove from the shower drain (I have long
hair), twisties, you name it. I find it. I usually either smell it or step
on it. But he loves getting on my bathroom counters and playing with my
contact case and my husband's brush. I have a devil in that cat, I swear.

kili

Sheldon wrote:
> cathyxyz wrote:
>> Peter Aitken wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Something else must have been involved - any pressure build up
>>> would have pushed the cork out long before the bottle burst.
>>> Perhaps the bottle was defective. Do your kids have a BB gun <g>?
>>>
>>
>> Just re-read her post.... and Jill said: "I had an empty bottle of
>> merlot from last week, sitting, corked, waiting to be taken out to
>> the trash"... she didn't say *where* it was sitting exactly... and
>> then I remembered - Jill has them cute, furry creatures aka cats...
>> maybe she should ask them a few questions?? I know our cats have
>> been known to cause mayhem and destruction in the past....
>
> Very true... I have six cats and have learned long ago never to leave
> anything breakable anywhere where it could be caused to fall from any
> height to a hard surface... two of my cats especially derive great
> pleasure in hunting out things they can whack to the floor, the higher
> the item and louder the crash the more gleeful their orgasms. If that
> bottle was left on a kitchen counter you can be absolutely cerain
> Jill's cat whacked it to the floor.. Persia did it, no doubt in my mind,
> mystery solved.

Except the bottle was on the floor and Persia was sitting next to me here in
my office at the time of the explosion

And cats don't just whack stuff off countertops
> indiscriminently, I've got a cat that takes particular joy in whacking
> really good stuff from bathroom vanities and desk tops into
> wastebaskets...

Which one? (just curious, wondering if it might be Jilly heheh)

ironically wireless mice are particularly
> suseptible... first time it happend I got lucky and noticed it in my
> wastebasket, wastebasket is now on the other side of the room... I
> just know I lost
> my favorite stapler that way. Anyone who has cats it behooves them to
> check wastebaskets carefully before puting the contents out for
> pickup.
>
> Sheldon

Dave Smith wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>
>> I never thought such a thing would be possible but I just had an
>> explosion in my kitchen. There are glass shards everywhere! I had
>> an empty bottle of merlot from last week, sitting, corked, waiting
>> to be taken out to the trash and it EXPLODED. Apparently this thing
>> built up gasses or something because I'd put the cork back in the
>> empty bottle. It looks like a terrorist just visited my kitchen.
>> Don't put corks back in empty wine bottles unless you intend to take
>> them out to be disposed of immediately.
>>
>> This has been a public service announcement from someone who just
>> cut her hand on broken wine bottle glass and now has to vacuum the
>> kitchen floor.
>>
>
> Empty? No no. Take the bottle back to the liquor store and show them
> the defective bottle that burst after you re-corked it. They will
> probably give you a replacement.

Take it back? How? It's literally in tiny shards (and now in my vacuum
cleaner).

Jill

jmcquown wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
>
>>jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I never thought such a thing would be possible but I just had an
>>>explosion in my kitchen. There are glass shards everywhere! I had
>>>an empty bottle of merlot from last week, sitting, corked, waiting
>>>to be taken out to the trash and it EXPLODED. Apparently this thing
>>>built up gasses or something because I'd put the cork back in the
>>>empty bottle. It looks like a terrorist just visited my kitchen.
>>>Don't put corks back in empty wine bottles unless you intend to take
>>>them out to be disposed of immediately.
>>>
>>>This has been a public service announcement from someone who just
>>>cut her hand on broken wine bottle glass and now has to vacuum the
>>>kitchen floor.
>>>
>>
>>Empty? No no. Take the bottle back to the liquor store and show them
>>the defective bottle that burst after you re-corked it. They will
>>probably give you a replacement.
>
>
> Take it back? How? It's literally in tiny shards (and now in my vacuum
> cleaner).
>
> Jill
>
>
Is it possible that a vacuum formed in the bottle and that it
imploded? The weather conditions (Dennis and all that he brought upon
us) might have caused something of which you are not aware. Some kind
of air pressure or what not?

Have you ever heard of a Poltergeist? What do you really know about
Persia and Peaches? Aha, that started you thinking.

I am sitting at the computer, waiting for you to tell us all about
your Holter results.

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
>I never thought such a thing would be possible but I just had an explosion
> in my kitchen. There are glass shards everywhere! I had an empty bottle of
> merlot from last week, sitting, corked, waiting to be taken out to the trash
> and it EXPLODED. Apparently this thing built up gasses or something because
> I'd put the cork back in the empty bottle. It looks like a terrorist just
> visited my kitchen. Don't put corks back in empty wine bottles unless you
> intend to take them out to be disposed of immediately.
>
> This has been a public service announcement from someone who just cut her
> hand on broken wine bottle glass and now has to vacuum the kitchen floor.
>
> Jill
> --
> I used to have a handle on life...but it broke off.

1. Glad you're OK.
2. It certainly is strange that there would be enough liquid and/or live
culture left in the bottle to create that level of gas.
3. I've heard of this with full bottles but not empty ones.
4. As a possible explanation if you closed the bottle at a very cold time
(weather) under a high pressure condition and then your area transitioned to a
very low pressure hot time maybe there would be enough difference to cause the
bottle to shatter. I do however suspect that based upon the way the class
shattered I think there was something wrong with the glass. Maybe it was unduly
stressed somehow.

Dimitri

In article >,
"Dimitri" > wrote:

> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
> >I never thought such a thing would be possible but I just had an explosion
> > in my kitchen. There are glass shards everywhere! I had an empty bottle
> > of
> > merlot from last week, sitting, corked, waiting to be taken out to the
> > trash
> > and it EXPLODED. Apparently this thing built up gasses or something
> > because
> > I'd put the cork back in the empty bottle. It looks like a terrorist just
> > visited my kitchen. Don't put corks back in empty wine bottles unless you
> > intend to take them out to be disposed of immediately.
> >
> > This has been a public service announcement from someone who just cut her
> > hand on broken wine bottle glass and now has to vacuum the kitchen floor.
> >
> > Jill
> > --
> > I used to have a handle on life...but it broke off.
>
> 1. Glad you're OK.
> 2. It certainly is strange that there would be enough liquid and/or live
> culture left in the bottle to create that level of gas.
> 3. I've heard of this with full bottles but not empty ones.
> 4. As a possible explanation if you closed the bottle at a very cold time
> (weather) under a high pressure condition and then your area transitioned to
> a very low pressure hot time maybe there would be enough difference to cause
> the bottle to shatter. I do however suspect that based upon the way the class
> shattered I think there was something wrong with the glass. Maybe it was
> unduly stressed somehow.

I suspect the bottle had some microorganisms in it and they blossomed
after the bottle was re-corked. As the microorganisms grew, they
generated gas, just like yeast does when it gets warm. The gas probably
built up to a sufficient degree to pop the bottle.

"Stan Horwitz" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,

<snip>

> > I used to have a handle on life...but it broke off.
>>
>> 1. Glad you're OK.
>> 2. It certainly is strange that there would be enough liquid and/or live
>> culture left in the bottle to create that level of gas.
>> 3. I've heard of this with full bottles but not empty ones.
>> 4. As a possible explanation if you closed the bottle at a very cold time
>> (weather) under a high pressure condition and then your area transitioned to
>> a very low pressure hot time maybe there would be enough difference to cause
>> the bottle to shatter. I do however suspect that based upon the way the class
>> shattered I think there was something wrong with the glass. Maybe it was
>> unduly stressed somehow.
>
> I suspect the bottle had some microorganisms in it and they blossomed
> after the bottle was re-corked. As the microorganisms grew, they
> generated gas, just like yeast does when it gets warm. The gas probably
> built up to a sufficient degree to pop the bottle.

Yep - the pressure had to come from somewhere but where is the question of the
century.

Dimitri

Stan Horwitz wrote:

> I suspect the bottle had some microorganisms in it and they blossomed
> after the bottle was re-corked. As the microorganisms grew, they
> generated gas, just like yeast does when it gets warm. The gas probably
> built up to a sufficient degree to pop the bottle.

And what would those micro-organisms be eating? Yeast eats sugar to produce
alcohol and carbon dioxide, but it stops when the alcohol content gets too high or
when it runs out of sugar.

I am inclined to go along with the cat theory. If the glass is all on the floor and
not on the counter it was probably knocked there.

Dave Smith wrote:
> Stan Horwitz wrote:
>
>> I suspect the bottle had some microorganisms in it and they blossomed
>> after the bottle was re-corked. As the microorganisms grew, they
>> generated gas, just like yeast does when it gets warm. The gas
>> probably
>> built up to a sufficient degree to pop the bottle.
>
> And what would those micro-organisms be eating? Yeast eats sugar to
> produce alcohol and carbon dioxide, but it stops when the alcohol
> content gets too high or when it runs out of sugar.
>
> I am inclined to go along with the cat theory. If the glass is all on
> the floor and not on the counter it was probably knocked there.

The bottle was on the floor to begin with. And Persia is an unusual cat -
she doesn't jump on counters or tables. Never even messes with my computer


Jill

In article >,
Dave Smith > wrote:

> Stan Horwitz wrote:
>
> > I suspect the bottle had some microorganisms in it and they blossomed
> > after the bottle was re-corked. As the microorganisms grew, they
> > generated gas, just like yeast does when it gets warm. The gas probably
> > built up to a sufficient degree to pop the bottle.
>
> And what would those micro-organisms be eating? Yeast eats sugar to produce
> alcohol and carbon dioxide, but it stops when the alcohol content gets too
> high or when it runs out of sugar.

They would be eating the remaining liquid in the bottle. Unless Jill
thoroughly washed out that wine bottle before she replaced the cork on
it, there was still likely an ample supply of food in it.

> I am inclined to go along with the cat theory. If the glass is all on the
> floor and not on the counter it was probably knocked there.

The cat might be a possibility too.

Stan Horwitz wrote:
> In article >,
> Dave Smith > wrote:
>
>> Stan Horwitz wrote:
>>
>>> I suspect the bottle had some microorganisms in it and they
>>> blossomed after the bottle was re-corked. As the microorganisms
>>> grew, they generated gas, just like yeast does when it gets warm.
>>> The gas probably built up to a sufficient degree to pop the bottle.
>>
>> And what would those micro-organisms be eating? Yeast eats sugar to
>> produce alcohol and carbon dioxide, but it stops when the alcohol
>> content gets too high or when it runs out of sugar.
>
> They would be eating the remaining liquid in the bottle. Unless Jill
> thoroughly washed out that wine bottle before she replaced the cork on
> it, there was still likely an ample supply of food in it.
>
>> I am inclined to go along with the cat theory. If the glass is all
>> on the floor and not on the counter it was probably knocked there.
>
> The cat might be a possibility too.

I'm telling you, Persia was not near the bottle when it exploded! She
jumped higher than I did when we heard the sound. In fact, at first I
thought someone had thrown a brick through my glass-front door when I heard
the sound. I think it's probably an odd case of the aforementioned
microorganisms because I sure didn't wash the bottle. And possibly the
bottle was in some way defective. And yes, the cork was one of those
newfangled rubbery ones.

Jill

On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 07:48:29 -0500, jmcquown wrote:

> I never thought such a thing would be possible but I just had an explosion
> in my kitchen. There are glass shards everywhere! I had an empty bottle of
> merlot from last week, sitting, corked, waiting to be taken out to the trash
> and it EXPLODED. Apparently this thing built up gasses or something because
> I'd put the cork back in the empty bottle. It looks like a terrorist just
> visited my kitchen. Don't put corks back in empty wine bottles unless you
> intend to take them out to be disposed of immediately.
>
> This has been a public service announcement from someone who just cut her
> hand on broken wine bottle glass and now has to vacuum the kitchen floor.
>
> Jill


Jill, your luck has not been good lately... first the burned biscuits,
now this. Don't operate heavy machinery in the near future, because
it could be hazardous to your health and whatever you do - please
don't buy any lottery tickets!

Hope that hand wasn't too badly cut and you'll find all the glass
shards before your kitties do.

"jmcquown" > wrote in
:

> I never thought such a thing would be possible but I just had an
> explosion in my kitchen. There are glass shards everywhere! I had an
> empty bottle of merlot from last week, sitting, corked, waiting to be
> taken out to the trash and it EXPLODED. Apparently this thing built

Now you know why the guy from Sideways doesn't drink f*cking merlot.

ScottR

On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 03:03:37 GMT, Scott Robins wrote:

> "jmcquown" > wrote in
> :
>
> > I never thought such a thing would be possible but I just had an
> > explosion in my kitchen. There are glass shards everywhere! I had an
> > empty bottle of merlot from last week, sitting, corked, waiting to be
> > taken out to the trash and it EXPLODED. Apparently this thing built
>
> Now you know why the guy from Sideways doesn't drink f*cking merlot.
>
Really? I don't remember the movie explaining that way. Some people
like Merlot, some don't - and he didn't.

sf wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 03:03:37 GMT, Scott Robins wrote:
>
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in
>> :
>>
>> > I never thought such a thing would be possible but I just had an
>> > explosion in my kitchen. There are glass shards everywhere! I
>> had an > empty bottle of merlot from last week, sitting, corked,
>> waiting to be > taken out to the trash and it EXPLODED. Apparently
>> this thing built
>>
>> Now you know why the guy from Sideways doesn't drink f*cking merlot.
>>
> Really? I don't remember the movie explaining that way. Some people
> like Merlot, some don't - and he didn't.

What the heck is Sideways?

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
.. .
> sf wrote:
> > On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 03:03:37 GMT, Scott Robins wrote:
> >
> >> "jmcquown" > wrote in
> >> :
> >>
> >> > I never thought such a thing would be possible but I just had an
> >> > explosion in my kitchen. There are glass shards everywhere! I
> >> had an > empty bottle of merlot from last week, sitting, corked,
> >> waiting to be > taken out to the trash and it EXPLODED. Apparently
> >> this thing built
> >>
> >> Now you know why the guy from Sideways doesn't drink f*cking merlot.
> >>
> > Really? I don't remember the movie explaining that way. Some people
> > like Merlot, some don't - and he didn't.
>
> What the heck is Sideways?
>
> Jill
>
>

It's the movie I think I told you about where the two guys go up to Napa
Valley for a wine tasting tour. It's a dark comedy and I loved it!

kili

"kilikini" > wrote in message
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>


<snip>

>> >> Now you know why the guy from Sideways doesn't drink f*cking merlot.
>> >>
>> > Really? I don't remember the movie explaining that way. Some people
>> > like Merlot, some don't - and he didn't.
>>
>> What the heck is Sideways?
>>
>> Jill
>>
>>
>
> It's the movie I think I told you about where the two guys go up to Napa
> Valley for a wine tasting tour. It's a dark comedy and I loved it!
>
> kili

Actually the movie was shot in and around Santa Barbara mostly over the mountain
into the Santa Ines Valley.

http://missions.bgmm.com/sanines.htm

The towns of Solvang and Buellton ( the home of Andersons Split Pea restaurant)
There are not "sideways" wine tours.

If your lucky you can go by "Neverland" hopefully they's change the name to
"Neveragainland"

Dimitri

Sideways - you gotta see it. I haven't had so much fun at the movies in
a long time.

Being a California-ite, the scenery is very familiar, including the
ratty bungalow and funky waitress apartment. Also the elaborate
wine-tasting emporium and the gorgeous vineyards in between hills.

We drove some of those Central coast back roads a couple of years ago
when we vacationed in San Luis Obispo. Hope that the movie doesn't
"ruin" the area because it is gorgeous *and* unpretentious; plenty of
good food and the folks aren't spoiled. Yet. People feel much more
"middle America" in that wine country (than in say Sonoma or Napa) -
Santa Maria is home to an indigenous grilling tradition and you'll see
lots of monster barbecue grills on the back of trailers or pickups.
More American flags and Support the Troops stickers than you see in
Northern California, to be expected with all the bases nearby. So all
you red staters who think you wouldn't be happy in California ought to
come for a visit - it's our red state wine country.

I'm not into wine tasting particularly - I like vineyards and the
wineries themselves, though, and great farmers' markets seem to go with
the territory (Thursday night in San Luis Obispo is a *huge* party,
with live bands and barbecue as well as fresh produce).

Oh I just have to say a little more for out-of-staters who don't know -
the beauty of this area is that you are within 40 minutes of the coast
and Big Sur. You could do the wine country for a couple of days, then
go to Hearst Castle another day and be back for afternoon tea. You
could go look at the livestock at University paddocks in the morning,
then attend a classical music (or jazz, or rock) concert at night. SLO
has independent bookstores, fabulous coffee, plenty of darling shops, a
restored river with cafes and walk downtown, an old mission, etc. etc.
The local paper called the area the Gold Coast and also Bliss State and
they're not kidding. And if you didn't want to pay SLO hotel prices
(which when we were there were a bargain, but it was the beginning of
the Iraq war and the only other guests were Army reserve officers
called up for maneuvers) you can stay in Paso Robles or Santa Maria or
whatever that town was where they stay in the movie.

The movie is a hoot. Jill, rent it on DVD or VHS if it never came to
Memphis. Then spend your vacation in the Central Coast - cheaper than
Europe now that the dollar is down. Closest airport would be Santa
Barbara; if you flew to LAX it would be a 3-4 hour drive (I think).
Four hours from San Francisco (by car).

Leila