Comments on: How to uncork your corked wine http://winecast.net/2007/04/03/how-to-uncork-your-corked-wine/ A wine podcast and blog Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:23:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Tomato - » Fix corked wine http://winecast.net/2007/04/03/how-to-uncork-your-corked-wine/#comment-53768 Tomato - » Fix corked wine Thu, 17 May 2007 00:04:01 +0000 http://winecast.net/2007/04/03/how-to-uncork-your-corked-wine/#comment-53768 [...] to Google where I find, via Winecast which experiments with Gladwrap, this from the LA Times (registration required) “In a glass [...] [...] to Google where I find, via Winecast which experiments with Gladwrap, this from the LA Times (registration required) “In a glass [...]

]]> By: Tim http://winecast.net/2007/04/03/how-to-uncork-your-corked-wine/#comment-53531 Tim Thu, 05 Apr 2007 13:54:34 +0000 http://winecast.net/2007/04/03/how-to-uncork-your-corked-wine/#comment-53531 CD: Probably the best advice of all particularly if the bottle is expensive. But being a geek, I'll put my next cheap corked bottle through the Saran Wrap test just to see if Rob and Jimmy are on the level ;-) CD: Probably the best advice of all particularly if the bottle is expensive. But being a geek, I’ll put my next cheap corked bottle through the Saran Wrap test just to see if Rob and Jimmy are on the level ;-)

]]> By: The Corkdork http://winecast.net/2007/04/03/how-to-uncork-your-corked-wine/#comment-53525 The Corkdork Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:59:58 +0000 http://winecast.net/2007/04/03/how-to-uncork-your-corked-wine/#comment-53525 My advice to all this strange behavior is to simply re-cork and return any corked bottle of wine, providing it's not something you've been cellaring for years. I've never had a retailer or winemaker refuse a return for being corked - ever. -The Corkdork My advice to all this strange behavior is to simply re-cork and return any corked bottle of wine, providing it’s not something you’ve been cellaring for years. I’ve never had a retailer or winemaker refuse a return for being corked - ever. -The Corkdork

]]> By: Jimmy http://winecast.net/2007/04/03/how-to-uncork-your-corked-wine/#comment-53523 Jimmy Thu, 05 Apr 2007 01:38:09 +0000 http://winecast.net/2007/04/03/how-to-uncork-your-corked-wine/#comment-53523 I have done it many many times at home and I have talked to many wine sales reps and when they have opened a corked bottle at my place, I place a ziplock baggie in it and tell them to sell it tomorrow. Many well known restaurantuers have bought the wine as great juice. I have done it many many times at home and I have talked to many wine sales reps and when they have opened a corked bottle at my place, I place a ziplock baggie in it and tell them to sell it tomorrow. Many well known restaurantuers have bought the wine as great juice.

]]> By: Rob (Sips) http://winecast.net/2007/04/03/how-to-uncork-your-corked-wine/#comment-53518 Rob (Sips) Wed, 04 Apr 2007 15:04:18 +0000 http://winecast.net/2007/04/03/how-to-uncork-your-corked-wine/#comment-53518 Alright, being another completely frustrated enthusiast that has had more corked wine than I want to admit, I had to give this a go. On Monday, I opened one of our everyday Pinot’s for dinner and it was moderately corked, so unfortunately, I got to try the Saran Wrap trick sooner than I'd preferred to. (This is long, but it’s the only way to tell it accurately...) So, I took about 2 feet of Wrap and lightly wadded it in the bottom of a glass pitcher and poured the wine over it (all except the glass I’d poured), then stirred it a bit and let it sit. After 30 minutes I tried it against the corked glass I’d saved and it was noticeably better (both nose and taste) than the bad glass, but I could still pick up on the TCA. So, I stirred a little more and left it for another hour and tried it again and it was amazingly better. The taste and nose were OK, not as fresh and cherry as normal, but no odor or corkiness...so at least it was now drinkable. I even had my wife try it to make sure I wasn’t “imagining it better� and she was also surprised how much better it tasted and smelled. And, I didn’t pick up on any plastic taste, which was another surprise. I still had about 4 oz. remaining so I rebottled, pumped and fridged it to try again the next night to see if I'd sense something different. On Tuesday, after having some Merlot with dinner, I poured my wife some of the left-over saran’d Pinot (she didn’t know it) and she says, this is good...what is it? I couldn’t believe it as she was the one who had picked up on it being corked the night before. I then tried it and it tasted completely uncorked...no smell or taste. It wasn’t as good and didn’t resemble the Pinot as I recalled it...but it tasted totally undamaged. Unfortunately, I didn’t have another fresh bottle to test it against, but regardless, the saran trick really seemed to work! Now I can’t wait to try this test again to do a more scientific testing (now I'm hunting for corked bottles!?). Next time (which sadly will happen), I’ll try this same process along with opening another (good) bottle of the same wine and try all 3 side-by-side (corked-saran’d-good) which will be the best way to test this. And, to have a least a couple others tasting to validate the results. Regardless of the outcome, I can say that I’m glad to have possibly found a method that "might" offset this annoying and frustrating problem all of us wine drinkers have to deal with at our own expense. -Rob Alright, being another completely frustrated enthusiast that has had more corked wine than I want to admit, I had to give this a go.

On Monday, I opened one of our everyday Pinot’s for dinner and it was moderately corked, so unfortunately, I got to try the Saran Wrap trick sooner than I’d preferred to.

(This is long, but it’s the only way to tell it accurately…)

So, I took about 2 feet of Wrap and lightly wadded it in the bottom of a glass pitcher and poured the wine over it (all except the glass I’d poured), then stirred it a bit and let it sit. After 30 minutes I tried it against the corked glass I’d saved and it was noticeably better (both nose and taste) than the bad glass, but I could still pick up on the TCA. So, I stirred a little more and left it for another hour and tried it again and it was amazingly better. The taste and nose were OK, not as fresh and cherry as normal, but no odor or corkiness…so at least it was now drinkable. I even had my wife try it to make sure I wasn’t “imagining it betterâ€? and she was also surprised how much better it tasted and smelled. And, I didn’t pick up on any plastic taste, which was another surprise. I still had about 4 oz. remaining so I rebottled, pumped and fridged it to try again the next night to see if I’d sense something different.

On Tuesday, after having some Merlot with dinner, I poured my wife some of the left-over saran’d Pinot (she didn’t know it) and she says, this is good…what is it? I couldn’t believe it as she was the one who had picked up on it being corked the night before. I then tried it and it tasted completely uncorked…no smell or taste. It wasn’t as good and didn’t resemble the Pinot as I recalled it…but it tasted totally undamaged. Unfortunately, I didn’t have another fresh bottle to test it against, but regardless, the saran trick really seemed to work!

Now I can’t wait to try this test again to do a more scientific testing (now I’m hunting for corked bottles!?). Next time (which sadly will happen), I’ll try this same process along with opening another (good) bottle of the same wine and try all 3 side-by-side (corked-saran’d-good) which will be the best way to test this. And, to have a least a couple others tasting to validate the results.

Regardless of the outcome, I can say that I’m glad to have possibly found a method that “might” offset this annoying and frustrating problem all of us wine drinkers have to deal with at our own expense.

-Rob

]]> By: Tim http://winecast.net/2007/04/03/how-to-uncork-your-corked-wine/#comment-53516 Tim Wed, 04 Apr 2007 13:22:43 +0000 http://winecast.net/2007/04/03/how-to-uncork-your-corked-wine/#comment-53516 That's what I thought, Gordon, but the story ran well before April Foods and was picked up by some other papers across the country. As of today, I have not seen any notice from the Times indicating this was a prank. And I have heard that this actually works... That’s what I thought, Gordon, but the story ran well before April Foods and was picked up by some other papers across the country. As of today, I have not seen any notice from the Times indicating this was a prank.

And I have heard that this actually works…

]]> By: Gordon http://winecast.net/2007/04/03/how-to-uncork-your-corked-wine/#comment-53487 Gordon Wed, 04 Apr 2007 07:05:29 +0000 http://winecast.net/2007/04/03/how-to-uncork-your-corked-wine/#comment-53487 How do you spell April Fools? How do you spell April Fools?

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