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Corked- What’s that Mean?

December 7, 2014 by Admin Leave a Comment

Bad Cork

A corked wine simply means the wine has gone bad from a contaminated cork

If you hang around wine people long enough, you’ve probably heard the term “corked” thrown around once or twice. Way back when, I thought corked meant that you didn’t finish the bottle, so you put the cork back in to save the rest for later. I thought a corked wine meant that I was showing self-restraint when tempted to drink the entire bottle! This was not the case. To save you from the same embarassment, let’s look at what a corked wine is and how to identify it.

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Filed Under: What's That Mean? Tagged With: contaminated corks, corked, corked wine, tca

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My name is Frank Frausto. I'm a Level I Sommelier, but I'm just a regular guy that knows a little about wine. I started this blog because I got tired of the wine blogs that only catered to oenophiles. That only review expensive, hard to find wines that none of us will ever drink. That only cater to the 1%.

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