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