Great video, Roy. One quibble: I'd like to safety glasses on anyone watching from as closely as Taylor was when someone is breaking glass. Life does not always go smoothly.
When I was in Portugal they put the tongs on the lower 1/3 of the cork itself. The glass didn't crack as loudly and when they extracted the cork they wiggled the cracked top and as they removed the cork they were both able to see the bottom of the cork and also as you extract no glass can possibly get in the port.
The point is to remove a cork which may be soft & crumbly from age. If you're tonging for effect only (i.e. a young cork) the way you describe would be fine - but it would defeat the purpose on a really old cork.
Great video, Roy. One quibble: I'd like to safety glasses on anyone watching from as closely as Taylor was when someone is breaking glass. Life does not always go smoothly.
excellent Roy-nick
When I was in Portugal they put the tongs on the lower 1/3 of the cork itself. The glass didn't crack as loudly and when they extracted the cork they wiggled the cracked top and as they removed the cork they were both able to see the bottom of the cork and also as you extract no glass can possibly get in the port.
The point is to remove a cork which may be soft & crumbly from age. If you're tonging for effect only (i.e. a young cork) the way you describe would be fine - but it would defeat the purpose on a really old cork.
Nice video. Thanks for posting.
Nice 😀
Is your daughter really named Taylor? That's great.
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