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By: Moldy wine | Shadowlakekenn

Moldy wine | Shadowlakekenn — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 06:51:01 +0000

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By: Pablo Orio

Pablo Orio — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 16:08:22 +0000

Dear Paul,
I think that in Reservas and Great Reservas of Rioja is better natural cork.

By: Paul Kalemkiarian

Paul Kalemkiarian — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 22:28:23 +0000

This is why I’m all for screw caps.

Paul Kalemkiarian
President, Wine of the Month Club

By: Pablo Orio

Pablo Orio — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 20:23:17 +0000

Hi everybody,
It is sometimes normal, it he winery where I am oenologist Bodegas Riojanas Spain, when I am botteling Reserves or Crianza it is possible you find it.
The reason of this is because there is humidity where they are in the non oxigeno agged, that you need in this kind of wines.
Hugs of Spain
Pablo Orio

By: Dr. Vino

Dr. Vino — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 02:49:19 +0000

Kate – That sounds really weird. What was the wine?

By: Dr. Vino

Dr. Vino — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 02:48:40 +0000

Hi everyone,

Thanks for your comments.

I just wrote up this quick post to basically remind/inform the casual wine consumer that even though there may be some mold on the outside of the cork (of a young wine), it doesn’t at all mean that the wine is bad. That’s all.

Oh, and to try out the macro setting on my camera!

By: Ian S

Ian S — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 22:38:00 +0000

Not completely unknown to find young wines that got overfilled or had spillage at bottling, hence some mould in early years.

For older wines it’s really quite common and whilst a quick wipe of the rim before pouring is prudent, I’ve always been more careful to wipe the rim of the old lead capsule sealed bottles.

regards

Ian

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:54:58 +0000

On a somewhat related note, I opened a bottle of cheap wine (Circa 2007) the other day and there was 1) No cork 2) No pull-top and 3) No pop top. Instead, the aluminum tape was firmly wrapped around the top, in an almost impossible-to-remove way, and when I finally carved an opening into the top, there was just a thin sheet of what appeared to be styrofoam, with the neck empty to about the shoulder of the bottle. Before I go back to the wine store to be educated, can anyone tell me what this is all about? Thanks in advance….

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:37:25 +0000

Shocking? Perhaps for a 2007. But that’s not very moldy compared to many corks I’ve seen, esp. on aged German riesling. The wine inside has generally been fine.

By: Per-BKWine

Per-BKWine — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 08:47:19 +0000

Entirely normal to have mould on the cork. Unless the wine was bottled 2 months ago. What’s the fuzz?

By: gdfo

gdfo — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:27:08 +0000

I think a moldy cork does invite further investigation.

Does the cork seem crumbly? Wet? Deep in the neck?
Protruding?

Is there an unpleasant smell after you remove the foil?

By: richard

richard — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:08:19 +0000

I don’t know why you find it “shocking.” You must not cellar many Germans.

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:01:55 +0000

I’m glad it worked out for you this time.

You know no one has this discussion when it’s a screwcap. This whole thread is like following a discussion on bloodletting or some other ancient system of medicine to cure illness, when we live in a modern world of antibiotics and kidney transplants.

By: Lar Veale

Lar Veale — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 23:43:27 +0000

Hi Tyler, would love to hear your further thoughts on cork versus screwcap – I’ve managed to start or curate or whatever the correct term is over on my blog and your input would be great.

See here.

By: J.Č. / Jižní svah

J.Č. / Jižní svah — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:06:49 +0000

Nice small mold My Christmas bottle of Burgundy had cork which seemed like it’s growing again http://www.jizni-svah.cz/2009/12/vanocni-vinna-skoropohadka.html