The more you spend on a bottle of wine, the higher your expectations are for it. After all, if you are going to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on a bottle, the wine should really give you an experience that is worth the cost. If it doesn't, you may as well stick with the $10 and under bottles. The biggest risk with an old bottle of wine is not just with the flavor, however, it is with storage. A wine that has been improperly stored can be ruined - and there is no way of knowing until you open up the bottle.
Dr. Vino recent got together with a vintner who personally uncorks every wine, testing it before it leaves the cellar, to make sure that it is good. He also tops them up with the current vintage if they pass inspection, and adds a shot of SO2 before recorking them. A buyer is guaranteed to get good wine, but as Dr. Vino asked, do the additions somehow take away from the original wine? The answer depends on whether your goal is to get an "authentic", but risky wine, or one that is guaranteed to be drinkable and delicious.
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11-02-2006 @ 9:36AM
David said...
I've got some experience with wine, and I can say that it's a very, very freakish thing! There're so many dos and don'ts. You should be a fan to deal with it.
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