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

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Ooo! If I had one of those. We thought of a tea ball, and that just Will Not Do.

[ladycelia.livejournal.com]

Paper towel can work in a pinch.

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

I've used a paper towel for coffee. They're more fragile when wet, though, and thus must be supported in something like a strainer or coffee cone, or folded over two or three times.

[ladycelia.livejournal.com]

I usually put it into a strainer--that way you get the support, and (depending upon the style), you can rest it on the lip of whatever you're straining into.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

We used a paper towel for some kind of fancy coffee-related object once. Espresso, maybe? The explosion was impressive. I was digging coffee grounds out of the kitchen counter tile grout for days.