The rookiest of rookie mistakes

[Grianan]

Came to open our rather nice Guide Hachette 15.5% Grenache tonight only to find the corkscrew we both could swear was in the cutlery drawer was most certainly not there ... and no sign of any of the 3 Swiss Army penknives we own ....

Luckily a neighbouring campervan helped out (thanks if you’re a funster!) so disaster averted and a shopping trip planned for tomorrow ...

 

[MattR]

For emergencies:

 

[Bognor Saint]

On a similar track do you remember those party 7 cans from many years ago. Opened with a special opener. It's a bugger when you haven't got one. Many a can bashed with sharp objects only to lose a lot of the beer in the resulting spray.

 

[The Wino]

On a similar track do you remember those party 7 cans from many years ago. Opened with a special opener. It's a bugger when you haven't got one. Many a can bashed with sharp objects only to lose a lot of the beer in the resulting spray.

I think a lot us have been there!!

 

[autorouter]

About a year ago I helped a family of newbies who didn't even know how to undo the locking cap on the fresh water inlet.

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[bobandjanie]

On a similar track do you remember those party 7 cans from many years ago. Opened with a special opener. It's a bugger when you haven't got one. Many a can bashed with sharp objects only to lose a lot of the beer in the resulting spray.

Fond memories the party 7, and after finishing those, ? you pushed the cork inside the wine bottles. ? Bob.

 

[Bognor Saint]

Fond memories the party 7, and after finishing those, ? you pushed the cork inside the wine bottles. ? Bob.

And there was always a bottle of Cinzano left untouched!

 

[DBK]

.... you pushed the cork inside the wine bottles. ? Bob.

But they were probably real corks then. Not so easy I suspect with the plastic and composite "corks" used so often now.

No problem with screw top bottles but I haven't seen one in France on this trip.

 

[Kingham]

About a year ago I helped a family of newbies who didn't even know how to undo the locking cap on the fresh water inlet.

Not quite as essential as getting the wine open ? ?

 

[Reallyretired]

A lot of french wine still uses real corks and even the cheapest dont go much for screw caps. Very conservative about wine.

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[Allanm]

On a similar track do you remember those party 7 cans from many years ago. Opened with a special opener. It's a bugger when you haven't got one. Many a can bashed with sharp objects only to lose a lot of the beer in the resulting spray.

I think I only ever used a large screwdriver to get into those!

 

[tboy]

Watneys Party 7 they were the days
If only what I know now, I new then?

 

[Stealaway]

Screw tops are the future, the German's love em. Cant understand why we still having to dig a plastic bung out a bottle. Do the French still think it's safistcated.

 

[webby1]

Watneys Party 7 they were the days
If only what I know now, I new then?

And Blue Nun was the height of sophistication.

 

[Spriddler]

Watneys Party 7 they were the days
If only what I know now, I new then?

And Whitbread Tankard with the T.V. advertising slogan: 'The pint that thinks it's a quart'.
50 years later a pompous little prat from my teens is still known by his nickname of 'Tankard'.

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[nicholsong]

And Blue Nun was the height of sophistication.

In party days we often never got past 'Bull's Blood'

 

[Bognor Saint]

And Whitbread Tankard with the T.V. advertising slogan: 'The pint that thinks it's a quart'.
50 years later a pompous little prat from my teens is still known by his nickname of 'Tankard'.

And there were the ads for Double Diamond. God, there were some awful beers around in those days.

 

[Lenny HB]

Party 4's were better the 7's were too awkward to hold when driving.
Don't ask how I know.

 

[WillH]

There is a lot to be said for screwtops, as good as real corks at preserving the wine and far superior to plastic corks which allow air in the bottle.

 

[Bognor Saint]

Party 4's were better the 7's were too awkward to hold when driving.
Don't ask how I know.

I can still see the image. Off to a party, me on my motorbike, my friend on the pillion with a party 7 under both arms. His priority was keeping the beer safe and not himself.

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[Scotch mist]

For emergencies:

If the french catch you doing that , all of a sudden they will agree to BREXIT

 

[robnchris]

There is a lot to be said for screwtops, as good as real corks at preserving the wine and far superior to plastic corks which allow air in the bottle.

The reason why the French and others making superior wines use corks is actually the opposite of what you think, Screw tops DON'T allow air to pass into the bottle, whilst synthetic allow possibly too much air in.
A good wine laid down for long periods actually needs to breathe, ie Many wines develop undesirable aromas under anaerobic conditions, whereas a natural single piece of cork will allow the wine to breath, small amount of oxygen in, bad aromas out.

Of course with synthetic corks we don't know how they work on long term storage because they haven't been around that long, we do know they let more air in, also major manufacturers are experimenting with screw caps to control air flow, the one currently that is certain is the natural cork has a proven track record so is the choice of the finer wine producers until a suitable substitute is found.

 

[Bustup15]

And Blue Nun was the height of sophistication.

And a meal out with a bottle of Mateus Rose ?

 

[Just smiffy]

We’ve had a few bottles with glass corks lately....