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I can't belive I actually bought bottles :(
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Dave Allyn > wrote: >On Wed, 2 Jun 2004 16:13:59 +0000 (UTC), >(Dr. Richard E. Hawkins) wrote: >>>I'm gonna have to do to that too. I have actually the same thing >>>going, since Thanksgiving, and am in the same boat. I have 4 clears, >>>but only a gallon and a half of wine... bottles will cost me closer >>>to $15.00 usd after shipping as the nearest wine shop is 2 hours away. >>I've found an effectively unlimitted source at $7.20/case, but I >>couldn't bring myself to do it. I did buy four more five gallon >>carboys, though (at about $17/each). >I'll probably just bottle a couple of them in brown and use them for >myself. >Leads to an interesting question: does bottle color over time (years) >change the wine? Or is just a function of apearance? I'd expect that the only difference bottle color makes is based upon light passing through--otherwise, there would be an issue of glass interacting with the wine (other than wine etching the glass), and I think we'd know about this. hawk -- Richard E. Hawkins, Asst. Prof. of Economics /"\ ASCII ribbon campaign 111 Hiller (814) 375-4846 \ / against HTML mail These opinions will not be those of X and postings. Penn State until it pays my retainer. / \ |
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