Mark A. Mandel wrote: > --- Shawn Burns <s1burns at ucsd.edu> wrote: > > >>This is a pretty neat trick that I've seen done a few times. But even >>Cooler >>(although it's tough to be Cooler without a saber than with one), I once >>saw >>a wine steward sheer the top off a bottle of champagne using a champagne >>flute. Try this at home if you want to have shards of broken glass in >>your >>hand and spilling into your bubbly. > > > What about the ice, brazier, and tongs that they use in Dragaera? Has that > combo ever been standard anywhere in our world? > > -- Mark A. Mandel > http://cracksandshards.com > a Steven Brust Dragaera fan website > [This text prepared with Dragon NaturallySpeaking.] Sorry to take so long about responding, but yes--I've been informed that this is the classic method of opening a bottle of vintage Port. Can't quite see it myself--the chance that I'd actually lose some of something I'd squirreled away for 20 years or more would stop me from getting that frisky with the bottle! bear