| More importantly will you know that you have a | | | | That's not a small number in the larger picture, so |
| tainted wine on your hands? The best thing that I | | | | if you look at it logically, at some point in time |
| can tell you is that your nose will know the | | | | you're bound to hit that magical number one |
| difference in the wines even if you don't | | | | tainted wine. |
| immediately recognize it for what it is. Bad wines | | | | Your nose will be able to tell you if its a tainted |
| can and will occur at some point in time when you | | | | wine more readily than your other senses so you |
| buy a wine, and the only thing you can do is to | | | | really should listen to it as much as you can. For |
| not drink it and return it if you can. | | | | instance, if your freshly uncorked wine smells of |
| If you're in a good restaurant, this will definitely be | | | | mold or mildew, or even if it has a musty smell, |
| possible as the sommelier will know that | | | | it's a definite sign that its a tainted wine. This can |
| occurencs of tainted wine can happen and that | | | | happen if the cork interacted with outside |
| wines can go off due to any number of reasons. | | | | contaminants before corking the wine bottle. |
| Don't just cringe and drink up just because you | | | | On the other hand if you get a sour smell, and |
| paid for the bottle, return it immediately, and the | | | | upon examination your wine shows a slight |
| sommelier will probably be more than happy to | | | | discoloration to it, then there's a good chance that |
| replace it for you. | | | | you wine has passed its prime. And latterly, you |
| If you bought tainted wine from a wine merchant | | | | might find that your wine has a slight chemical |
| then there's a good chance that they might also | | | | smell to it. That's because the grape has at some |
| take it back from you. This isn't always a given | | | | point or other been contaminated with pesticides |
| though and depends entirely on the merchant. | | | | and the like, and this has come through into the |
| Otherwise you can just chalk it all up to | | | | wine. |
| experience and water the sink with the wine. | | | | This reason for a tainted wine isn't as common as |
| It's an astonishing fact that as many as one in | | | | the first type that I told you about, which is also |
| twenty bottles of wine will be a tainted wine. | | | | commonly referred to, as cork taint. |