be stored standing without the cork problems you get with still wines.

as with the chicken paillard(sp?) salad excellent. Other dishes I have tried thus far have always stood up. To note, on an evening at Anna’s where my companion and I had the misfortune to have brought along a corked BYOB...

't blended prior to bottling, then you’ll have two similar but not identical wines. 4) The corking could have been bad on one of the bottles And, my favorite... 5) Our “fond memories” of this wine or that wine...

be around Camden. Are there any must-visit places in the area? We’ll have at least two cars, so transporation isn’t a problem. Seafood would be great, naturally, but it’s a very adventurous group and we’ll...

with me. He told me that was simply the nature of the wine. Um, no. This did not fly. Point being, they handled the concern well at Comme Ça. In case you don’t know, roughly 7-10% os all bottles of wine are corked, and this...

cooking it correctly for the frozen product. If you get fresh octopus you would want to pound it to tenderize. Some people say you should boil it with a few corks (such as the ones in wine bottles) to tenderize it further. I...

it once and with the cats slobbering out of their water bowls, me spilling things, it really took a beating). I also was REALLY looking at the cork pattern I liked (a neutral beige) and I loved the natural pattern of that sort of...

Puzelat is a God to many who like natural wines. I generally like his stuff.

914NYC, >>Everyone in the room immediately noticed the “musty, wooden, dank” smell. I think overall, this is what they mean by “earthy”. << I’d put money on: "this is what they mean by 'corked'."...

than throw it out, I corked it and put it in the fridge. I assume it’s trash. But before I pour it down the sink, I wondered if it was possible to make up a batch of Champagne Vinegar with it? It’s good stuff, and...

We have a "natural" wine cellar (i.e. below ground) whose temperature fluctuates from 40° in Winter to 59-60° in Summer. This variation is gentle as it occurs during the slow progression of the Seasons (there is no...

Would opening a bottle eight or nine hours early and setting it aside with the cork back in, or setting it aside Vac-u-Vin’d, produce a result similar to opening or decanting a bottle an hour or two ahead of drinking?

vinegar (all natural unprocessed vinegar that’s pretty easily available) and a couple-3 cups of red and white wine respectively. I just poured in the last of the cooking wines I had on hand to get them started. I then put...

of the shipper, with whom the retailer should have a much more direct connection. when i get a corked bottle, to some extent i consider it an accident of nature which is part of the roulette game wine lovers must play. this is an...

I’ve often read in the past that refrigerating white wines in a conventional refrigerator (not a wine refrigerator) would affect the wine’s quality after a month or two—for reasons never explained other than...