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Decanter with stopper. A decanter is a vessel that is used to hold the decantation of a liquid (such as wine) which may contain sediment. Decanters, [1] which have a varied shape and design, have been traditionally made from glass or crystal. Their volume is usually equivalent to one standard bottle of wine (0.75 litre). [2]
Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
The distillery was founded in the Roxbury, Massachusetts, neighborhood of Boston in 1933 by Irwin "Red" Benjamin and Hyman C. Berkowitz.Old Mister Boston was known for its collectible bottles such as the 1953 Presidential Inaugural Bottle.
Robert Mondavi was selected as the Decanter "Man of the Year" in 1989. [14] He was inducted into the Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame in 1991. [citation needed] In 2000 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Johnson & Wales University. In 2002, he received the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. [18]
A Tantalus is a small wooden cabinet containing two or three decanters.Its defining feature is that it has a lock and key. The aim of that is to stop unauthorised people from drinking the contents (in particular, "servants and younger sons getting at the whisky"), [1] while still allowing them to be on show.
Decanter launched its website, Decanter.com, in 1999. The website is one of the largest globally, [6] based on traffic figures. In 2017 it launched a subscription service called Decanter Premium. [2] Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) is a wine competition founded in 2004 by Decanter and the late Stephen Spurrier. With over 18,000 wines entered ...
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Alembics from a 1606 alchemy book. Dioscorides's ambix, described in his De materia medica (c. 50 C.E.), is a helmet-shaped lid for gathering condensed mercury. For Athenaeus (c. 225 C.E.) it is a bottle or flask.