Corked Wine

There was an article in a recent Los Angeles Times food section on corked wine. It had a simple solution for this problem.

According to the article, if you take a glass pitcher, wad up roughly a square foot of Saran Wrap or other polyethylene plastic wrap. Expose all of the wine to the plastic wrap by gently swirling the wine in the pitcher for 5 to 10 minutes. The more pronounced the taint, the longer the wine should be exposed to the plastic wrap. For stubborn cases, repeat the plastic soak with a fresh wad of wrap.

Pour out a small amount of wine to test the results and when the taint is gone, decant the wine into another container. Toss the plastic and enjoy the wine. Apparently polyethylene absorbs TCA like a sponge.

Remember this next time you encounter a corked bottle of wine. All you really have to lose is a small amount of plastic wrap and some your time. It will be interesting to see it it really works.