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- Sydney
About to move in 3 weeks. Can I justify keeping any empties? The 89 Haut Brion? 86 Mouton? 64 Krug? I'm unlikely to taste them again...
cheers,
Graeme
Anyone else use empties as an ornament ?
- Thread starter Cameron Clark
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cheers,
Graeme
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- West Yorkshire
I had this dilemma when we moved earlier this year - I realised fairly quickly that, in the scheme of moving the entire contents of a house + an 800 (ish) bottle cellar, a small box of empty bottles was neither here nor there.
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- Reading
To be fair, I mostly haven't drunk anything/afforded anything so memorable that it's been worth trophy keeping... apart from our bottle of Cristal opened to celebrate the arrival of Daughter number 1. Will probably add to that with the arrival of number 2 and with a couple of really nice Burgs purchased on our recent trip over there
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- Leiden
A new trophy last night. No room, so 1998 Bin 707, which was drunk at my 40th, has gone in the bin.
As you can see from the colour, the wine was alive and kicking. Maybe more texture than fruit, but it was full of life still. This was a half, so a full bottle might well be even better.
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- Europe
Well there was this adorning the bus stop this morning:
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- London
In the lavatory of All'Osteria Bodega in Bologna (very highly recommended to those of stout appetite) last week a wooden box that had previously contained a double magnum served as a dispenser for extra rolls of paper. Rather elegant, I thought.
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- East Cambs
Years ago Andre Romero at Domaine La Soumade used to use empty bottles as loo roll holders. They were all people who had upset him, including the producer who dobbed him in to the authorities for planting (highly illegal) Zinfandel.
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- Europe
Had he filled them himself?
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- Europe
Boxfresh.
A friend of our used these 'empties' for her brother-on-law's funeral last week. A brilliant piece of re-cycling and a wonderful ornament.
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- London
I am quietly torchered by the scruffiness and inconsistency of the foils. The Krug is exemplary. The Flaccianello and the Chambolle are fine. The Drouhin is scruffy but it looks like you’ve just stabbed your corkscrew straight through the Palmer and ripped it out through the foil. Have some respect man!
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- London
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- Scotland
Do you have a photo of the coffin that she made from the OWCs?
As mentioned on recent thread about this, I just use the blade on my waiter's friend to make a hole around the top, and pull the cork... sorry!
I think other people opened these when visiting, actually
It was suggested but his wife thought it a bit OTT although there would have been a fairly decent savingDo you have a photo of the coffin that she made from the OWCs?
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- Bordeaux
Ornamental perhaps but, let's be honest, these are mostly trophies, the more rare and expensive the better.
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I want my seven-year-old son to break the small number I have. They're clutter, I won't miss them, and I'll be able to present myself as a brilliant father - much better than if he breaks a Riedel or - heaven forbid - a Zalto. Or, come to that, my laptop, my new radio alarm clock after breaking the other one, my one bottle of aftershave (that I never use), or a Le Creuset that belonged to my mother. And that's before he's even gone near the Liebherr stuffed with different-shaped bottles so that one can fly out...
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- London
They can be that; they can also be mere souvenirs of joyful occasions. As one gets older one realises that much of the pleasure one takes is in its recollection.
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- London
I remember the good memories when the bottles were opened so I keep them as a reminder of better days.
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- Leicestershire
No I don’t keep them. What I do have are old notebooks with notes I took on wines while drinking them in the period from 1985-2002. Occasionally I would soak off the label and stick it in later. It is quite nice to look back on those.
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- Staffordshire
Of course, we tend to open our best bottles for special occasions.
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- London
Mrs DV has recently re-purposed some boxes in the same way, to brighten up our soon-to-be-demolished conservatory.
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Haven't added to this for 15 or 20 years, but lined up present and correct. Some saved more for the occasion than the wine
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- London
I like this a lot. I’m wondering if I can persuade Mrs DV re our downstairs WC. She’s a fan of scalloped patterns so perhaps I propose it as a package.