whino-wino
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I made a ghastly discovery tonight. I was checking my wine cellar inventory and noticed a couple of bottles of Elderberry wine that I had made last summer with mold on the corks. Upon closer inspection it turned out that of the 22 bottles I have on the rack, 8 of them apparently had bad corks. The wine had soaked clear through the cork and there was mold on the outside of it. Furthermore, there was a lot of stringy black stuff, obviously bacteria of some kind, floating around inside the bottle. The other 14 bottles were still clear as a bell when held up to the light and the ends of the corks were dry with no mold on them.
I had bought some natural corks last year on e-bay. No, they were not used corks. Brand new in a bulk package of 200. They were #9 x 1.75 and only cost $30. Sometimes a deal is too good to be true. It seems that some of these corks were a bit too porous and let bacteria get inside of the bottle. The 8 bad bottles I have set aside and will have to be dumped tomorrow. Please remember them in your prayers.
As for the rest, I plan on pulling the corks and putting new ones in. Risky, but I think it has to be done.
I've already thrown the remainder of what I had from those corks in the trash. They are not worth the risk.
Fortunately this was the only batch I had used these on. I'm getting all my corks from George from this day forward. I even ordered 100 more tonight.
I had bought some natural corks last year on e-bay. No, they were not used corks. Brand new in a bulk package of 200. They were #9 x 1.75 and only cost $30. Sometimes a deal is too good to be true. It seems that some of these corks were a bit too porous and let bacteria get inside of the bottle. The 8 bad bottles I have set aside and will have to be dumped tomorrow. Please remember them in your prayers.
As for the rest, I plan on pulling the corks and putting new ones in. Risky, but I think it has to be done.
I've already thrown the remainder of what I had from those corks in the trash. They are not worth the risk.
Fortunately this was the only batch I had used these on. I'm getting all my corks from George from this day forward. I even ordered 100 more tonight.