SC - Wine

[Alderton, Philippa]

Bottles have been used since Roman times at the least.  What was not
available, to my knowledge, were bottles capable of handling
champagne-like pressures.

Bear

>Lord Ras,
>
>I was thinking of your taste for good wine, and I wondered about the usual
>availability of corkscrews. I also wondered what kind you favor. Myself, I
>always have available my Medieval Swiss Army knife, in my pouch with my
>Medieval Computer, Wallet, Cigarettes, and What-Not. I've also used with
>great success the German type with the two prongs that you rock in and
>twist out, and I recently picked up an item, made of plastic, which splits
>in two parts, one of which doubles as the screw-cover and the handle. I
>know Napoleon'speople would cut the neck of the bottle off with a sword...
>what did they do in period, and did they even HAVE wine bottles at all in
>period?
>
>phlip at morganco.net
>
>Never a horse that cain't be rode,
>And never a rider that cain't be throwed.
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