Comment ouvrir une bouteille de Porto?
Porto Vintage est un vin avec une très longue durée de vie et extraire le bouchon sur une bouteille avec plus de 25 ans à l'aide d'un tire-bouchon pourrait signifier la rupture du liège en raison de leur fragilité. Les bouteilles contiennent sont conçus pour être stocké pendant une longue période de sorte que doit et brandy "marier" et doux. Au Royaume-Uni, il est toujours convaincu d'acheter une boîte de Porto quand vient un homme et le garder pour boire lorsque l'enfant est un adulte.
The neck of a bottle of vintage port, tall and slightly domed, contains a very long cork. If the bottle is kept for over twenty years, the cork can soften and become brittle and very fragile, which tend to break when trying to remove a conventional corkscrew. In such a situation, it is virtually impossible to remove the normal way.
To avoid breaking the cork, using special tongs Porto previously heated red hot, either on the stack or in the flame of a gas appliance. With them grabs the neck of the bottle for half minute. Then rub the hot with a damp cloth or, if you want to add a touch of class with a quill dipped in cold water, in this way, due to temperature change, then you will hear a slight crunch, which will indicate the neck of the bottle is broken circle cleanly, leaving separate upper neck containing cork.
The cork still intact and protruding a little, there prevented any piece of glass has fallen into wine, although typically the cut is so clean that even small fragments shows
An impressive trick, is not it, but more importantly, it works. Besides being a ritual that brings solemnity when faced with a few years Oporto.