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Originally posted by onlycafe
fill half empty bottle with clean glass marbles 'til wine level reaches back up to cork.....no extra air in bottle to allow oxidation. voila.
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Interesting solution. Instead of doing this EVERY time, however, wouldn't it makes sense to half-fill an empty bottle with marbles and use that for all your future wine-storage needs?
I work in an Italian resturant (the perfect job for putting yourself through grad school), and we often open bottles of wine that we don't use often. Sure, lots of people drink Ruffino Chianti or any number of merlots, but sometimes we must open a bottle of Allegrini, Reserva Ducale, or Syrah and let it sit for over a week. Most of the time, the wine still tastes great. IT seems to be the cheaper wines that go more quickly... of course, we don't have any vintages beyond 2004 in the resturant.