Popped the cork to find yucky bulbous moldy growths underneath, but cork smelled ok and wine did not taste corked. Ok to drink? And what is it?

by Artistic-Author4538

8 Comments

  1. CondorKhan

    It’s not mold, it’s tartaric crystals.

    Totally safe and fine.

    Try picking one and crushing it, it’s brittle like sugar.

  2. DenialNode

    There are no visible symptoms to cork taint.

    Also that cork is guaranteed to not be corked.

  3. rfjedwards

    I like the still life set up. Bottles of wine. Sunglasses. Some take out. A library book, and a bowl of… onions?

    Family cooking together on a warm fall afternoon, you’ve just come in from the deck, bought in your book, took off your sunglasses, and opened a bottle to breathe while you chopped onions and started a sofritto going.

  4. zin1953

    The mold is mold. The crystals are tartrates. Perfectly fine.

  5. poonsweat

    That’s the suppository part of the wine.

  6. jlh1960

    You could call them wine diamonds and consider yourself lucky.

  7. timbo415

    No way, Jose. Straight to the mortuary.

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