I'm so proud of me!
Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 7:08 pm
Total newbie of a few months....came home and chose a wine to have with hubby......I lean towards the French reds and grabbed a bottle of Hermitage that I picked up at my wonderful local Pennsylvania state store (I add this as it may have a lot to do with the rest of the story)
Chilled it, opened it and poured to decant.......I'll taste initially and then decide how long I want it to decant if at all but with my my initial smell test this time I went ARGHHHH........it smelled like ether. Didn't stop me from tasting and it was like water and ether mixed........I announced to my hubby that we needed a new bottle. He came in from the BBQ to inspect and found a bunch of "mold?" inside the bottle though the cork was fine! I was proud I recognized BAAAD wine but what happened here
okay, I'll quit with the emoticons
Chilled it, opened it and poured to decant.......I'll taste initially and then decide how long I want it to decant if at all but with my my initial smell test this time I went ARGHHHH........it smelled like ether. Didn't stop me from tasting and it was like water and ether mixed........I announced to my hubby that we needed a new bottle. He came in from the BBQ to inspect and found a bunch of "mold?" inside the bottle though the cork was fine! I was proud I recognized BAAAD wine but what happened here
okay, I'll quit with the emoticons