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Question: Wine bottle with messed up cork?

(Posted by: Erik on 2010-03-05 19:41:38)

Hello I have a Taylor's 1960 Vintage port that I am hoping to sell off. However i did come up with a problem. The cork seems unusually loose. I light push is able to move the cork deeper into the bottle. Keep in mind that this bottle has been on a rack cork side down for many years. So why wont it absorb wine and get larger? I realized I could change the cork, but the point is I want to sell it and it wont be worth much if its opened now would it?

Posted by: KK88- ich bin geil on 2010-03-05, 21:04:17

They may have used the wrong size cork. If its coming in contact with the wine it will swell up, no way around that.

Posted by: William on 2010-03-05, 19:47:39

You could change the corks.

Posted by: scrgrl on 2010-03-05, 20:22:26

It's probably crap by now. Most wines don't age well. It's silly to even think they do.