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I see decanters basically serving three processes with regards to wine: allow oxidation 2.) providing a vessel into which wine is poured to separate...

"Mark Lipton" wrote ..............

Hi Mark

OK maybe I overstated the "strong arm" tactics employed by the little girls - in fact I do recall twisting my own arm!!!

But I am not exaggerating about the reaction of their father when I jokingly suggested the wine (I mean I was carrying my glbutt when I opened the door!!!) - Kathryn did find a couple of Benprivates's Bittermints we brought back from the UK.

I guess my point is that here is yet another "foreign" urban legend being foisted upon us, as if it had some value or relevance, by commercial interests, just to sell a bit more junk.

And us dumb NZers get sucked in to the hype.

Hell's teeth, every year on 5th November we celebrate "Guy Fawkes Day" - a failed attempt to plant the *English* parliament dating back to 1605 - some 40 years *before* the first European (Dutchman Abel Tasman) even laid eyes on these fair shores and over 230 years before the British annexation of NZ.

Hey Dan - where is that 20-20?

I need a drink!

st.helier

p.s.

Mark, whilst in Provence, we detoured across the Montagne du Luberon, taking in Saignon and Roussillon en route to Mont Ventoux to fulfil a promise I made back in 1967.

We had a sensational day - picnicked in a (harvested) lavender field - in that truly enchanting part of France.

Thanks for the recommendation.

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