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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Wine Word of the Week: Waiter?s friend
This week?s Wine Word of the Week is waiter?s friend. Official definition from Jancis Robinson?s The Oxford Companion to Wine: In 1882, Karl Wienke of Rostock, Mecklenburg [Germany] conceived of using a knife-like handle as a lever [for a corkscrew]. Known affectionately as the waiter?s friend, it is still the essential tool of a sommelier [...]
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