On Dec 23, 2:06*am, "Max Hauser" > wrote:
> In this discussion of difficult corks (by the way, knocking off the bottle
> top seems like a reasonable final method; it can be done also with a sword,
> by someone _very_ good, though so far I've seen no one under 60, or US-born,
> show that knack) I couldn't always tell if the corkscrews were of helix or
> "drill" kind, but I'm gathering they were all helices. *(A "drill" has a
> solid core, and tends to split corks. *It's a very old point that I hope is
> in the FAQ already, like second or third pph.) *Screwpull-type openers are
> especially effective helix types because they have a wide diameter (at least
> the ones I've seen).
>
> I also was interested in Mr Broadbent's time machine (or maybe it was a typo
> or maybe just a revised edition :-) *:
> "cwdjrxyz" wrote :
>
> > ...
> > In a 1982 book, Michael Broadbent says he had tasted 1959
> > Margaux many times over the years and had 29 tasting notes.
> > His last note in the book was in Dec 2001.

The date is in error. It was Broadbents third book titled Vtintage
Wine with a copyright of 2002 by the publisher and with a text
copyright also of 2002 by Broadbent.



> Broadbent's _Great Vintage Wine Book_ (1980), touted when it appeared
> because of Broadbent's range of tasting experience in his job, only has
> notes on that wine to 1977, citing "a dozen notes since 1964."