Well, that went better than expected. 3 cheers for the Durand!

[Matt K]

I'm currently bidding on a bottle of 1864 Gran Blandy's Cama do Lobos Solera.

I already own 1 bottle and wanted to open & taste it so that I could determine how much I wanted to bid on the other but when I put my bottle up against a bright light it looked cloudy.

I was waffling on whether to open, or let it stand for a long while and bid 'blind', it when I decided to go ahead - I figured that I would get at least a decent 1oz taste, decant and then filter if needed.

So, I cut the foil and ewww...nasty...ran upstairs, grabbed the Durand, cleaned up the mouth/cork as much as I could and was more nervous as the spiral went into the cork with zero resistance. Uh Oh.

Results:
The Durand saved me a nasty cork mess.
The wine wasn't so cloudy - it was sediment inside the bottle which was now basically solidified.
The wine is fine but it has so much bottle stink and VA I won't know if it's GOOD for a few days.

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[Andy Velebil]

The Durand rocks!!!


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[John M.]

The Durand rocks!!!


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+1. Got one for my birthday---it has gotten out every cork intact every time.

[Eric Menchen]

Hmmm. I wonder if you sharpened the side tongs if you would get less cork destruction on the sides.

[Matt K]

Not on this bottle, Eric. The cork was mushy.

[Will H.]

I’m coming late that party here Matt - how was the wine?