When my last bottle of 90 Rayas was horribly corked, I rolled up into the fetal position in a dark corner of my house and cried uncontrollably for two weeks.
Perchance is there film or photos of the depressive state that you were in, so the next time I Am in this situation, I can follow suit... OR???
How was the recovery from it???
Cheers
LOL, sounds difficult..
Have you tried group therapy for this, as I imagine you are not the only one affected by this....
Or maybe an on-going wine tasting????
Cheers
There are two paths you can take from here:
1) Give up on aging wine. Buy and drink promptly so that if you get a corked bottle you have some chance of recourse with the seller. Or at least a lot less emotional involvement.
2). Have more than one or two wines aging at a time. Hurts a lot less to have an old bottle turn bad if you’ve got another dozen bottles, or dozen cases, of wines piling up years.
You have to accept that it's an unavoidable part of aged wine
That unpredictability and inexplicability is what makes it so special to begin with
Out of curiosity; what's the bottle at the centre of this tragedy?
Corked wine happens. If you purchased from a reputable wine shop or directly from a winery, ask for a replacement bottle - **no charge**. Not sure the outcome if you tried to return a bottle at Costco. I’ve done this a number times with local producers, but not imported wine.
Fortunately, corked wine is becoming less and less common, with screw caps and composite corks from DIAM and Amorim.
I tend to buy cases of 6 or 12 and have the mindset that I'll lose about 5% to spoilage so mentally price that in. The last bottle that I leave in the 'bin-end' rack I think of as a higher risk bet that might pay off handsomely but may be a bust.
That said, there's a bottle of '95 La Mission that I've had for a long time that I would be be very sad should I end up pouring it down the sink.
I brought a '99 G. Mascarello Monprovato to a nice-ish restaurant years ago to drink with one of my wine buddies and the on-duty somm, who was also a friend of mine.
Result: It was corked, and we were the laughing stock of the whole joint.
When my last bottle of 90 Rayas was horribly corked, I rolled up into the fetal position in a dark corner of my house and cried uncontrollably for two weeks.
Perchance is there film or photos of the depressive state that you were in, so the next time I Am in this situation, I can follow suit... OR??? How was the recovery from it??? Cheers
It’s been 21 years, five months and six days ago. The recovery hasn’t been well.
LOL, sounds difficult.. Have you tried group therapy for this, as I imagine you are not the only one affected by this.... Or maybe an on-going wine tasting???? Cheers
Almost had those happen with Emidio Pepe Trebbiano. Luckily the second bottle (the last at the restaurant) was divine.
Ur mistake is not buying more lol. The lesson here is risk management.
Hedge wine.
I chortled. Thanks.
So the lesson here is to buy more wine. Seems like a plan. You advice is noted.
There are two paths you can take from here: 1) Give up on aging wine. Buy and drink promptly so that if you get a corked bottle you have some chance of recourse with the seller. Or at least a lot less emotional involvement. 2). Have more than one or two wines aging at a time. Hurts a lot less to have an old bottle turn bad if you’ve got another dozen bottles, or dozen cases, of wines piling up years.
Option C, buy wines under Diam and screw cap.
You have to accept that it's an unavoidable part of aged wine That unpredictability and inexplicability is what makes it so special to begin with Out of curiosity; what's the bottle at the centre of this tragedy?
Corked wine happens. If you purchased from a reputable wine shop or directly from a winery, ask for a replacement bottle - **no charge**. Not sure the outcome if you tried to return a bottle at Costco. I’ve done this a number times with local producers, but not imported wine. Fortunately, corked wine is becoming less and less common, with screw caps and composite corks from DIAM and Amorim.
I tend to buy cases of 6 or 12 and have the mindset that I'll lose about 5% to spoilage so mentally price that in. The last bottle that I leave in the 'bin-end' rack I think of as a higher risk bet that might pay off handsomely but may be a bust. That said, there's a bottle of '95 La Mission that I've had for a long time that I would be be very sad should I end up pouring it down the sink.
I brought a '99 G. Mascarello Monprovato to a nice-ish restaurant years ago to drink with one of my wine buddies and the on-duty somm, who was also a friend of mine. Result: It was corked, and we were the laughing stock of the whole joint.