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From: mfe@leadsv.UUCP (Mark Ellson)
Newsgroups: net.wines
Subject: Re: Wine and Beer -- preservation issues
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Date: Fri, 16-Aug-85 22:48:08 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 16 22:48:08 1985
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Summary: Wine can be recorked if the bottle is topped off with nitrogen.


I believe one of the major auction houses (Sotheby's?) sponsered an event in
New York City where people could bring in their old bottles of wine, and
sample them to see if they are still good.  The way this was done was to top
the bottle off with nitrogen to force out the air, and then a fresh cork was
inserted in the bottle.  Obviously not something which everyone can do at
home, but these people knew what they were doing, so it is possible to
recork an opened wine.

					Mark Ellson
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