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Corked Wine

Is Your Wine Corked

Here is a video quicky on checking wine before you purchase.

Turns out this wine was corked even tough it seemed OK from a simple check. It was not “badly” corked but still… it was compromised and a bit off so it was returned. You saw the cork in the video. I cut the cork in half and indeed it was stained in several cracks that ran through the body of the cork.

A corked wine has been exposed to a cork infected with a fungus that produces 2,4,6-trichloroanisole or TCA. The chemical gives it the off smell. Like wet dog, wet cardboard or newspaper.

Up to 4 or 5% of all bottles of wine are corked. This bottle was Frei Brothers Reserve Syrah Russian River Valley 2006 Northern Sonoma. It’s an excellent wine we have had before and I was opening this one to do a review.

Woops… I will do one later.

Turning the label is not fool proof as you saw. Sometimes you will need to grip the top label firmly to turn it & thats fine. However if the neck wrap starts to tear from being stuck to the neck you may want to try another bottle. A cork pushed up even a little bit is typically a sure sign.

A bottle that is not full to near the bottom of the neck/cork may be a sign of having been overheated during transport leading to a corked or cooked bottle.

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Woodbridge Chardonnay 2007 California Review

Author: The Frugal Wino

This is a Video Review of Woodbridge Chardonnay 2007 California.

Just click on the video picture to go to the video review and get the scoop.

You can also get a teaser of the new segment, The Wine Assassin.

Whats being said around the web:

A good value for an entry level California Chardonnay.

I call 2007 a one-in-twenty vintage, said Todd Ziemann, Director of Winemaking. I believe it’s the highest quality harvest in the 20 years that I’ve been a winemaker in Lodi.

A classic, dry white wine with vibrant aromas and flavors of apple, pear and tropical fruit.

Wine makers tasting processing notes (pdf) click to open or right click and save as to download Woodbridge Chardonnay 2007

Here is the link to the recipe we paired it with. You can print it out along with shopping list. It really is quite tasty & quick to make. … http://tinyurl.com/Sweet-Pepper-Salmon

A big shout out to Philis for turning us on to this great “Frugal” wine.

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