Thread: Trivia and other useless but interesting items

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

yeah , I think they just strained it through an old tea towel

......or an old worn Rugby Sock.

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

yeah , I think they just strained it through an old tea towel

The small French wineries had never heard of stainless steel till the young Oz winemakers got there 20 years ago.

DL

Originally Posted by RANDLOVER

No washing just leads to longer fermentation times, as the foot fungus kick starts the whole process.

The lack of a comma after “No” completely changes the meaning of the sentence.

Originally Posted by 350RRC

The small French wineries had never heard of stainless steel till the young Oz winemakers got there 20 years ago.


Watched a film last week where the French Winery used bottle shaped Concrete Vats. The woman explained that it kept their wines at a stable temp. Now most wineries have SS Vats Refrigerated for that.
DL

The bloke next door (now in Margaret River I believe) spent the best part of the year in Italy teaching them how to make better wine. At the end of Vintage pump hoses were just disconnected & left laying on the floor, was just one instance he described. He was an Italian as well. Must be in some of their blood.

OZ gets the Know How & promptly exports it OS. Probably for a good price?

There was a TV show about 15 years ago I saw about the smaller French wineries and the sheer filth, mould over everything was unbelievable.

Showed the transformation when the Aussies had been there.

It's the reason you can drink an $85 shiraz every night here these days that never disappoints if you know what you're doing. Made with science at the forefront.






That's $85 a case............ crack the cap, leave it for 2 weeks in a cupboard and it's like a $40 bottle.

DL

[QUOTE=350RRC;3090687 crack the cap, leave it for 2 weeks ....
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Now, that would test the willpower somewhat, surely?

Any wine over $9.95 a cask is a waste of money & just indulging ones self.
Jonesfam

Originally Posted by jonesfam

Any wine over $9.95 a cask is a waste of money & just indulging ones self.
Jonesfam

C'mon mate! Indulgence is one of my virtues!