Indeed the dry cork should protect the wine as well as a wet cork, unless it dries so bad that it allows leakage of air into the bottle. On that point it was dry, but there was no leakage and the wine was not corked or oxidized, so it did not get dry enough to fail. Thanks for the post!
[…] (without a blessing) on Shemini Atzeret. Anyway, the meal was truly fantastic, but Benyo (from Four Gates Winery), my wife and I, were invited to taste a vertical tasting of Herzog Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon […]
Leave a Reply to winemusingsCancel reply