I read another article on it(from NZ) and they said they did put another label over the wine label, but it just didnt get noticed. If it’s a 20 litre container, I can see how it might be missed(size ratio , etc).
The answer is, of course, not to put any poisons in food containers. In fact, I remember in Australia all stuff like that had special containers, ribbed edges, child proof caps etc.
I’m sure their fine will get them to change their ways.

AussieBruce - 08 May 2008 04:56 AM

An investigation showed the two liquids had been mixed up after 5.2 gallons of dishwashing liquid was delivered in a container formerly used to hold “Mountain Thunder” mulled wine.

Sounds like ‘wine bottles’ never come into it. The house-wine is usually in a big caterers bend wine cask, which seems to be the case here ie, 5.2 gallons is 20 litres.

If you look at this site, you can see how the general public can buy it(and it’s colour)
http://www.redwoodcellars.co.nz/mulled.htm

Classy.

I wonder if they serve Thunderbird, Mad Dog 20/20 and Frosty Jack?

Wow… that’s.. just…

“Ahh.. yes.. Last Thursday. An excellent vintage. Would you care to smell the bottle cap, sir? And would madame wish to upgrade her entree to the combo meal?“

And here I thought Box Wine was as low as respectable vintners would stoop (despite it actually being a *good* way to store wine).

Wine boxes are a good way of storing wine temporarily but it really does need a cork to breathe. However, the cheaper wines that are usually the house wine nowadays seem to always use plastic corks so for a house wine, where the bottle is usually emptied within an hour of opening, a wine box is about the same in terms of quality of storage, easier and faster to pour and space-saving.

Damn I’m going to suggest that to the manager.

Yes, a wine bottle is good only for the breathing bit of it, but frankly, a box/bladder combo is airtight, lightproof, and generally an ideal situation for keeping wine. You can pour off as much wine as you want without letting air in to react with the wine, ensuring that the last pour will be as good as the first one.. However good that happens to be.

That plastic bottle? No.

Wine boxes should onl be used to store mediocre wine. It’d be an offense to put really good wine in them.

However, house wine falls into that catagory.

Plastic bottles, I agree, are a no. Might as well stick it in an old Irn Bru bottle and be done with it.

“Yeah, we used to use old bottles, but then we found out that the hospital was just throwing away these old catheter bags..“

My friend’s mom puts the dish soap in a pretty bottle b/c she wants it to look nice since it’s left on the counter.  She uses a few old bottles that she found at a garage sale, but I wouldn’t wonder that it was alcohol…especially after I poured it.

Robin Bobcat - 09 May 2008 06:30 AM

“Yeah, we used to use old bottles, but then we found out that the hospital was just throwing away these old catheter bags..“

Reminds me of an advertisement (I read it in Reader’s Digest): From a contractor company: “We flush septic tanks.  We fill pools.  Not with the same truck.“

Tah - 09 May 2008 02:48 PM

Robin Bobcat - 09 May 2008 06:30 AM

“Yeah, we used to use old bottles, but then we found out that the hospital was just throwing away these old catheter bags..“

Reminds me of an advertisement (I read it in Reader’s Digest): From a contractor company: “We flush septic tanks.  We fill pools.  Not with the same truck.“

That’s a great slogan.

Restaurant has been convicted.

WELLINGTON (AFP) - A restaurant in New Zealand’s tourist hub of Queenstown was convicted Monday for accidentally serving dishwashing liquid as mulled wine.

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A customer and a barmaid were hospitalised after drinking the liquid in July last year.

The barmaid may suffer health problems after the inside of her throat was scarred by the liquid containing sodium hydroxide, the court was told.

The court ordered the restaurant pay 1,000 dollars (750 US) to both women for emotional harm caused by the poisoning.

The customer had asked the barmaid for a sample of mulled wine, but spat it out immediately after feeling her lips and mouth burn.

Then the barmaid tried some, suffering scarring to her throat after swallowing some of the detergent.

A worker at the restaurant had filled an empty mulled wine container with detergent—which was the same colour—leading to the accident, the court was told.

I’m guessing that rather the restaurant as an inanimate object being convicted, it was more likely the owners of the restaurant.