Hi,
You might have thought that the dread abbreviation TCA had something
to do with it, but no. According to a BBC report detailing proposed
experimental changes in their bottling techniques to be carried out
by Duval-Leroy.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8004011.stm

Deary me, what is the world coming to.

Just remember when you write your "Irate of Illinois" comments that
they need the URL of the story so grab it BEFORE you start to write
your comment. My first "Furious of Forges" was lost to the ether
because I failed to notice that.

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All the best
Fatty from Forges

IanH wrote:
> Hi,
> You might have thought that the dread abbreviation TCA had something
> to do with it, but no. According to a BBC report detailing proposed
> experimental changes in their bottling techniques to be carried out
> by Duval-Leroy.
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8004011.stm
>
> Deary me, what is the world coming to.

Ian,
Did they possibly revise the webpage in response to "Furious from
Forgès"? Here's what it says now:

"Cork tainting occurs chiefly when a chemical known as TCA contaminates
the wine, usually from the cork."

which doesn't sound exactly like what you were responding to.

Mark Lipton

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On Apr 17, 11:31*am, IanH > wrote:
> Hi,
> You might have thought that the dread abbreviation TCA had something
> to do with it, but no. According to a BBC report detailing proposed
> experimental *changes in their bottling techniques to be carried out
> by Duval-Leroy.
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8004011.stm
>
> Deary me, what is the world coming to.
>
> Just remember when you write your "Irate of Illinois" comments that
> they need the URL of the story so grab it BEFORE you start to write
> your comment. My first "Furious of Forges" was lost to the ether
> because I failed to notice that.
>
> --
> All the best
> Fatty from Forges

Looks like they corrected now, go tiger!

On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:31:25 +0200, IanH > wrote:

>Hi,
>You might have thought that the dread abbreviation TCA had something
>to do with it, but no. According to a BBC report detailing proposed
>experimental changes in their bottling techniques to be carried out
>by Duval-Leroy.
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8004011.stm
>
>Deary me, what is the world coming to.
>
>Just remember when you write your "Irate of Illinois" comments that
>they need the URL of the story so grab it BEFORE you start to write
>your comment. My first "Furious of Forges" was lost to the ether
>because I failed to notice that.

In this case you should have copied the story rather than linking to
it. You will now see the error is fixed.

--
Steve Slatcher
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Hi Steve, Mark & Dale,

Thanks for your comments.
On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:35:54 +0100, Steve Slatcher
> wrote:

>In this case you should have copied the story rather than linking to
>it. You will now see the error is fixed.
Yes, and remarkably quickly too.

Basically the Beeb copied the gist of the Decanter story, and because
it was being posted for the "great unwashed" the reporter (sic) kindly
explained that cork taint occurs when "ill fitting coks let oxygen
into the bottle , ruining the wine".

I did point out - moderately pungently, thatanyone with half the IQ of
an oyster would realise that in a champagne bottle with an internal
pressure of several bars, the risk of wine being oxidised was hardly
the most serious likely consequence of an ill fitting cork!

Their correction was lifted almost verbatim from my explanation of
what caused corked wine.
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All the best
Fatty from Forges

IanH wrote:

> Their correction was lifted almost verbatim from my explanation of
> what caused corked wine.

I do hope that "Furious in Forgès got credit in the byline ;-)

Cheers!
Mark Lipton


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On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:43:16 -0400, Mark Lipton >
wrote:

>IanH wrote:
>
>> Their correction was lifted almost verbatim from my explanation of
>> what caused corked wine.
>
>I do hope that "Furious in Forgès got credit in the byline ;-)

Grin!! What _I_ hope is that the idiot who posted the story is made to
drink a bottle of corked wine every day till Christmas next year.
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All the best
Fatty from Forges

On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:36:28 +0200, IanH > wrote:

>I did point out - moderately pungently, thatanyone with half the IQ of
>an oyster would realise that in a champagne bottle with an internal
>pressure of several bars, the risk of wine being oxidised was hardly
>the most serious likely consequence of an ill fitting cork!
>
>Their correction was lifted almost verbatim from my explanation of
>what caused corked wine.

Ah, so it seems you got there first. I know of at least one other
person (no, not me, though I was tempted) that put them right.

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Steve Slatcher
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