Wine-ing
This is late in coming since I am now surrounded by delicious beer rather than delicious wine; however seeing as I have just recently been enlightened I will share my new found knowledge. Do you drink wine? Have you ever drunk French wine? If so you may have noticed something special about the cork of a French bottle, well not exactly the cork but the foil. In French this is usually called: la capsule (CRD) Aka'F: l'opercule, la pastille, le sceau, la capsule-congé This is the thing that covers up the cork and in France it has the symbol of Marianne (the female symbol of the French Republic) stamped onto it. Ok so we have the symbol of France but why is it on the bottle of wine in the first place and why is it important? First if you have seen this symbol you have just drunk a wine that was made in France and technically destined for French people because this cap means that it has been taxed as an alcohol in France, wines from France that do not...