1. A corked bottle at home is more of a problem. 2. A friend of mine learned to recognize it by asking waiters to let him smell any corked bottles they may have retrieved that day. 3. Corked bottles were a problem five years ago but much less so now. 4. Knowledgeable restaurateurs will replace a corked bottle of wine and charge the replacement to the wholesaler. 5. Prior to his tin-coated steel can, foods were packed in corked bottles. 6. Yet they are French, and many are served in corked champagne bottles, meant to be cellared for a year or more before being drunk. |