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Port tongs are a special set of tongs designed to open wine bottles that are sealed with a cork. The tongs are heated over an open flame and held against the neck of the wine bottle for 20–30 seconds. The heated section of bottle is then cooled with a damp cloth or ice water, causing the glass to fracture due to thermal expansion. The result is generally a clean, predictable break. Any possible shards of glass are strained out, along with any sediment, when pouring the wine into a decanter.
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- ↑ Whitney Duncan. "Bobbing Through Portugal on Boat Made of Wine Corks" . Retrieved 2007-07-27.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ Gretchen Giles. "If I Had a Boat". Archived from the original on 2007-08-16. Retrieved 2007-07-27.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ "Sink or swim as cork boat takes to the water" . Retrieved 2007-07-27.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ R. KRITHIKA (2002-07-13). "Cork boat sail". The Hindu . Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 2003-08-26. Retrieved 2007-07-27.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
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