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18-10-2003, 03:44 AM
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What are "DJ's"
On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 18:16:22 -0700, Will wrote:
I'm relatively new to winemaking. I keep seeing the term DJ's. What is a DJ? Demijohn - a glass bottle, like a carboy. -- Ross McKay, WebAware Pty Ltd "Words can only hurt if you try to read them. Don't play their game" - Zoolander 
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20-10-2003, 03:38 PM
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What are "DJ's"
Negodki wrote:
DJ=demijohn= a carboy in the UK, a chianti-shaped bottle in the colonies Difference between carboys and demijohns in Canada is shape as well... Carboy: http://www.wineaficionado.com/final/carboy.jpg Demijohn: http://people.ambrosiasw.com/~andrew/carboy.jpg Despite the demijohn pic being named carboy.jpg, that is what we call demijohns around here... usually they are larger and have a faux wicker basket around them. They seem to be favoured by the local Italians and Portuguese fellows. -- charles "Once ... in the wilds of Afghanistan, I lost my corkscrew, and we were forced to live on nothing but food and water for days." - W.C. Fields
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