Sylvia by Nicole Hollander for February 20, 2009

  1. Georg von rosen   oden som vandringsman  1886  odin  the wanderer
    runar  over 15 years ago

    Bars are using glasses with a punt in the bottom.

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  2. Tubbsbottl lll
    gigabyte03  over 15 years ago

      runar: What is a punt? Thanks, FT lll  

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    mivins  over 15 years ago

    Dear Mr. Tubbsbottl, I think Runar means a false bottom inserted into the glass to leave less room for the beverage. Very sneaky.

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  4. Georg von rosen   oden som vandringsman  1886  odin  the wanderer
    runar  over 15 years ago

    Right, mivins. Specifically, it’s the indentation you find in the bottoms of wine and champagne bottles. It’s purpose and origins are pretty much unknown. I was put on to this by a friend who sometimes tends bar. The indentation reduces the volume of a glass without affecting its apparent size. Word to the wise: always buy pitchers.

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    joecomerford  over 15 years ago

    Because the classic ‘methode Champenois’ (the Champagne method) was (and sometimes still is) performed from start to finish in the bottle, the punt prevents the lees (sediment) from sticking to the bottom, until the bottle is gradually inverted, the sludge collects in the neck, the neck is frozen, the frozen sludge removed, and then the bottle is corked and wired.

    Aren’t you glad you read comics?

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  6. Tubbsbottl lll
    gigabyte03  over 15 years ago

      Messers.

    mivins runar joecomerford

    Gentlemen, I do thank you for your kind assistance in the obliteration of yet another festering pocket of my vast ignorance. F.T.lll

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