Is that wine corked?

[lsanderson]

Mr. Waterhouse said that the obnoxious, dank flavor of a “corked” wine, which usually renders it unusable even in cooking, can be removed by pouring the wine into a bowl with a sheet of plastic wrap.

“It’s kind of messy, but very effective in just a few minutes,” he said. “The culprit molecule in infected corks, 2,4,6-trichloroanisole, is chemically similar to polyethylene and sticks to the plastic.” More

Comments

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but what, exactly, is one supposed to do with the wine, the bowl and the piece of plastic wrap? The description says, "pour[...] the wine into a bowl with a sheet of plastic wrap". Do you line the bowl with the plastic wrap? Use the plastic wrap as sort of a funnel? Pour the wine into the bowl and cover the bowl with the plastic wrap, or what?

K.

Just put the wine and plastic in contact

[lsanderson.livejournal.com]

With the maximum surface area. The stinky stuff is supposed to stick to the plastic.