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Tongs?
October 21
What's a port drinker without a set of port tongs? Those who know me best know that the only alcoholic tipple I enjoy is a nice glass of port. As I'm becoming more comfortable with the whole subject of port, i'm starting to desire the accoutrements befitting a serious port connaisseur*. What are port tongs?
Heated tongs are thought to be the best means of opening old bottles of vintage port. They enable the neck of the bottle and the cork to be removed intact, thus eliminating the possibility of the cork crumbling and spoiling the wine. They also cause least disturbance to the bottle and also, therefore, to any sediment.
I'm sure i'm in for many accidents and broken bottles.
Christmas is coming, so why don't you throw in a funnel as well?
*I'm anything but a connaisseur, but i'm trying.