CH
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It's to indicate to you that the wine hasn't "corked," where mold from the cork produces trichloroanisole that contaminates the wine and softens the cork. You're meant to bite the wine-end of the cork and, traditionally, say "Fancy meeting you here," misheard French for "Fin, c'est 'maintenu' y."
CH
Cartoon Horse
@cartoonhorse.bsky.social
6 followers19 following124 posts