Would you like some cheese with that problem?

[cjsmith]

A chilled bottle of white wine is on the counter. A corkscrew is in the cork, and the cork has been removed about two-thirds of the way. The screw portion of the corkscrew stands at a noticeable angle to the bottle, however. On one side, where the screw and the ring portion of the corkscrew are closest, between the two the glass of the lip of the bottle has shattered. The damage extends across the thickness of the wall of the bottle, from outer rim to inner rim. It is perhaps a millimeter or two tall and four or five millimeters wide. Tiny shards are lying on and around the shattered area.

No glass is currently in the wine. The cork is still far enough in to form that much of a seal.

Short of massive amounts of SuperGlue followed by a drill and a siphon, can this wine safely be consumed?

Comments

[dieppe.livejournal.com]

A straw?

I'd say get rid of as much of the glass as possible, and remove the cork.

White wine you say? Hm. Do you have a decanter anyway? I know you put red wine into a duck thing, but not sure about white.

Do you have cheese for that wine?

[dieppe.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you could strain it through a coffee filter too... what they said.

It's a clear wine though so, hm.. get to drinkin' eh!? :)

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

Wine decanter?

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Oh wow. A coffee filter I can steal from supplies, but that duck thing mactavish just posted is going to be harder to find!

[dieppe.livejournal.com]

Well...



A little less bird like duck... or something.

I must be so damned bored

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

Re: I must be so damned bored

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Bored is a good sign at T minus a week and two days! :-)

Re: I must be so damned bored

[therobbergirl.livejournal.com]

Wow, that manages to be uglier than that first duck!