Archive for October, 2008

The body language of wine

Experts define body language as any non-verbal communication and they claim body language accounts for over 80% of all communication. I first stumbled across body language when a young lady once accepted a bite of food from my fork across the table at dinner in a restaurant. Actually, it was later that evening that I discovered her meaning but there is no denying body language is a powerful means of communication even if we don’t always pay much attention to it at the time.

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Real readers, real questions, real wines

question-and-answer-image-for-blog.jpgQ:? I have old red wine stains on the inside of my decanter but nothing I do gets rid of them. Any suggestions?

A:? Try soaking the decanter in vinegar for half an hour then brushing with a soft bottle brush. If the stain is not too old this may get rid of the pigment. If the stain is old its pigment may have already bonded chemically with the glass.

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