Hi Marielle,
 
Your immediate thoughts and consideration for the collections - in the  event 
that a bottle breaks or leakage occurs, of course is right on. There  usually 
is no benefit to retaining contents of a container such as this in a  museum, 
and any potential benefit is not worth the possible risks - which  can 
clearly be foreseen.
 
If the bottle is to be used for an exhibit in the future and  would look more 
presentable with a liquid in it...you could always add  water (and of course 
use precautions to prevent a mishap).
 
With this and other feedback, if you are still uncertain about emptying the  
contents...you do have the benefit of having had two of these donated so 
perhaps  you can empty one bottle and safely store the other.
 
Of course don't drink the wine! If the donor believes the wine is no  
good...don't drink it! Well, I guess it depends on their definition of 'no  good'. 
Perhaps someone had become ill? Otherwise, if just the matter that the  taste 
didn't appeal to them, this is a subjective opinion of course. Perhaps we  could 
convince David Lewis to try a sample? (no sah, just kiddin! I couldn't  help 
myself, had to say that!).
 
Good luck Marielle and I hope all is well there! Pam
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 1/11/2007 8:50:21 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
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Hello,

We recently received a donation that included two bottles  of wine.  They 
still contain wine and were bottled in 2004 but the  donor believes the wine 
is no good as it was a home brew concoction.   What is the collective wisdom 
of the group on storage of the  bottles?  Should I ditch the wine? should I 
keep the wine, store them  on their sides and put them in somthing in case 
they leak? My concern is  the rest of the collection...but also know that 
aged wine is stored, on  its side and in a climate controlled area.

Thank you in advance for all  of your responses.

Marielle








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