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A 'Corked' wine is a wine that has been bottled with a cork that is contaminated with TCA (2,4,6-Trichloroanisole). TCA contamination usually comes from corks but can also come from barrels, other cooperage or even, apparently, from wood within the cellar including walls or beams.
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Cork taint - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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What does it mean for a wine to be corked? F&W’s Ray Isle tells how to sniff out a bad bottle and tests his skills against an expert: a dog. ... As far as I can tell, this is simply because she lives with an odd man who often shoves glasses of wine at her and says, “I could swear this thing’s corked. What do you think?”...
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Still, when you catch a wine in the earliest stages of being corked, there may be some doubt -- here, all I can say is that the more you taste wine, ... You cannot, however, discover a corked wine by smelling the cork. Many fine wines have issued from bottles with funky-smelling corks, and vice versa.
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Once you've encountered a "corked" wine by its characteristic aroma, a musty mix of wet cardboard, damp basements and the chlorinated reek of an indoor swimming pool, you'll have little difficulty recognizing it again ...
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Dinner's cooked, the guests are arriving, so you pop open that nice bottle of red and—ugh, what is that? If you're stuck with a "corked" bottle, here's how you can minimize the dankness. ... In a New York Times article on wine's flavorful reactions to just about everything, out comes a tip from Andrew Waterhouse,
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The term corked is used to describe a bottle of unopened wine that has gone bad. Spoiled wine is usually caused by a bad cork. ... If you are at a restaurant and the wine is corked, you will need to tell the waiter immediately. If you're not sure, ask the waiter to smell it or take a taste. A few wineries are experimenting...
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