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Barrel Sampler
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 | | 06/02/2003 7:54 PM |
| I've read a few posts about this in the past few years, but I don't remember a good solution. I've always strugged with this and fear that I would either break the bottle or stab myself. I realize that on some, you can just go through it with a corkscrew, but if this doesn't work, then what?
Yesterday, after using a sharp knife trying to cut the capsule off, I finally ended up with a technique that worked very well for me. I used a paring knife and at a 45 degree angle with the knife facing away from me, I started cutting like I was peeling an orange. I pushed the knife blade up to the glass, and when I finished, the place that I cut formed a thin line where I can see the glass. The top wax piece then comes off very easily.
Now I no longer dread opening wines with wax capsules. | | | |
| Winetex
Austin, Texas
Master of Wine
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| | GATC
Barrel Sampler
Posts:2420
| | 06/02/2003 10:34 PM |
| | Thanks. I remember that thread and I tried all of those methods. Stealthman's method worked for me some of the time if the wax was not too tough. I can't believe that I came up with this method. it malkes opening these bottles fun. | | | |
| davidandrose
Aurora, CO
Grape Puncher
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| | 06/29/2003 3:17 AM |
| | Dunn still dips their Howell Mtn in wax; their just-received mailer had a blurb about holding the capsule over a candle to soften the wax, then slicing off the top like a warm cheese. | | | |
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