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Baroque Bloke
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There shouldn’t be any cork crumbs if the wine was bottled less than 20 years ago and you have a decent corkscrew.

For very mature wines use an “Ah So” style cork extractor.

https://www.amazon.com/DeVine-...ottles/dp/B00TNSV4DC



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KKina for the win!
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Decant it into another container through a coffee filter to catch the cork pieces. Then serve from the decanter, or simply pour it back into the original bottle.


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Originally posted by vthoky:
But what do you do when you have cork crumbs in front of guests?
Not a problem at my household since I pour all of my reds through a Vinturi Decanter/Aerator . It includes a little filter, but the real reason I use it is it makes the wine taste better and more expensive.

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
In all seriousness, screw cap wine bottles are no longer taboo. They are becoming much more popular. I've come to prefer them in fact.
+1 My lady friend likes bubbly, sweet wine and I got sick of the previously opened bottles blowing the cork off in my fridge so now I only buy her that sickeningly sweet crap w/ screw caps.


Interestingly those bubbly sweet wines like some proseccos can be made "drinkable" (I'm not a fan either) with the addition of about three lime's worth of juice per bottle. Even the sweet wine fans enjoy it. Give it a try sometime, your lady friend may enjoy it and you'll win some points.


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Never had this problem with Boons Farm or Mad Dog 20/20. Maybe you need to try a different vintage. Razz

Seriously though if it’s mine just drink em’ unless there is a fairly large chunk. If so easy enough to spoon out or worst case filter with coffee filter as has been mentioned.


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Decant through an aerating funnel with a stainless screen into a crystal wine decanter. Nothing like the right tool for the job, and makes it look like you know what you’re doing.


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Cheesecloth, rubber banded to the bottle neck to act as a free flowing strainer. Plus it looks mad-classy.


If you don’t have cheesecloth, an old sock will do, and it already has the elastic to hold it on the bottle.
 
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what about just chugging the rest of the bottle yourself and opening a new bottle for the guests?



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If you don’t have cheesecloth, an old sock will do, and it already has the elastic to hold it on the bottle.


This is still SW Virginia, right? Tell your guests you heard this from a Californian who lives in Wine Country.
Big Grin


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You should pour your wine through a vinturi to decant the wine, which aerates the wine and improves the taste. There is a screen in the vinturi that catches the bits of cork or whatever else might be floating around in there.

https://vinturi.com/pages/about-us


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I hope nobody from the cheapskates thread is reading here. I just ordered a set (one for reds one for whites for whatever cockamamie difference that makes) of Vinturi aerators—hey they were on sale + 15% off!
Unfortunately I have a number of bottles of Thomas Fogarty Pinot noir that was wonderful back when given to me by nurses in ICU on my 1st retirement; but then stored upright (my wife and I dispute how that happened) until now corks are dry and wine no longer tastes good. What a waste at $35 a bottle!


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Thank you for all the suggestions. It is still SW Virginia, Dr. T, but even at that I'm a little skeptical of the "old sock" method. Wink

I'm looking at the vinturi devices now, noticing that they list different versions for white and red wines... do reds and whites require different aeration?

Wow, suddenly enjoying a nice bottle of wine got a bit less simple.

Cslinger, it's been a while since my last Boone's Farm... maybe I should give it a shot again. Big Grin




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You are screwing too deep.

This doesn't happen to me, then again I think I'm getting old...
 
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All this talk reminds me of a Columbo episode called "Any Old Port in a Storm." Big Grin
 
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You are screwing too deep.

This doesn't happen to me, then again I think I'm getting old...


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I'd bet that wine drinkers have probably experienced corkbits before. They will understand.



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Y'all pour your wine into glasses? Just seems like extra steps. Big Grin
 
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