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are
and the most important rules of all the foregoing
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Magnum equals
2
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Bottle
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Imperial Pint „
1
8
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Baby
... do not warm red wines artificially, e.g., by
standing too near the fire, but allow them gradually
to attain the temperature of your dining room;
and ...
... do not spoil the bouquet of fine Champagnes
and other wines by over-icing.
WINE BOTTLES MEASURE
Nebuchad- Bottles
Bottles
nezzar equals
Balthasar „
Salmanazar „
Methuselah „
Rehoboam „
Jeroboam „
HERE'S HOW to choose Wine Glasses:
Wine glasses should be crystal clear to give effect to
the bright winking colours ofthe wine. They should
be thin and of fine quaUty to do full justice to their
contents and of generous size; it is better not to fill
them to the brim but to aUow room for the retention
of the bouquet.
HERE'S HOW to select the best Vintages:
Champagne—1917,1919, 1921, 1923, 1926, r928, 1929, 1933.
Ports—1904, 1908, I9r2, 1917, r920, 1927, 1935.
Hock and Moselle—192T, T929, r933, 1934, 1935.
Bordeaux (Red&White)—1920,1923,1924,T928,1929, r933,
1934.
Burgundy—1921,1923,1926,1929,1933.
HERE'S HOW to draw a cork:
Place the point of the corkscrew in the centre of
the cork,twist it carefully down to the bottom (a cork
is drawn outfrom the bottom and not half-way) and
pull steadily, not with a jerk.
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