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Originally Posted by Mark C
Is there any point to opening a bottle like that other than 'it looks cool'?
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Besides imparting flavor to the wine, if the cork gets destroyed by trying to pull it out with a cork screw, it is impossible to determine the brand and vintage printed on the cork. By using the tongs, the cork remains perfect. We'll shatter the neck around the cork and make sure it is what we were expecting. In the old days, there no labels on the port bottles; they painted on if anything.