In Reply to: Thank you so much! A couple more questions... posted by Wine Nouveau on October 17, 2000 at 18:57:32:
I am sorry to hear about the passing of your beloved Snowball. Losing one's pet is often very tragic. It's funny that you mention this because just last week, Chet was talking about finding a hobby that we both could participate in (he says that he deals with numbers all day long and that he'll be damned if he starts up with a new hobby like wine that is all about numbers). Anyhow, we were cruising the internet and were on e-bay and discovered a hobby that was perfect for us. Taxidermy! We found a book called "Herter's Professional Course in the Science of Modern Taxidermy". It''s a great book and if you find a copy, maybe you could mount Snowball (so to speak, because I don't know where you're from or your local customs) and thus free up the space in your freezer. Then you could use Mr. Coad's method of wine freezing. It will also save you lots of money in wine storage expenses because you can just store your wine any old place but if you put it in the freezer for 10 minutes before you go to dinner, your friends will think that it's been at "cellar temperature" since you bought it and they'll accept the "cork" excuse as to why it's a bad bottle instead of figuring out that it's been kept in the closet with the water heater.So welcome to the Wine Asuylum, and good luck with Snowball!
Keep on stuffed and smiling-
Eden
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