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