Evidently not as good an idea as it seemed at the time.
The bottle is then riddled, so that the lees settles in the neck of the wine bottle... Manual riddling is still done for Prestige Cuvées in Champagne... mechanised riddling equipment (a gyropalette) is used instead. (Wikipedia)
Hoist on his own pachytard.
ReplyDeleteSafety helmets are for wussies obviously
ReplyDeleteI see this as nothing other than collateral damage.
ReplyDeleteI find it hard to believe that there are slings strong enough to heft that sort of weight. Surely it must have been a mangonelephant.
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