How to Open an Old Bottle of Wine, According to a Sommelier

Wine director Drew Brady likens a 30-year-old cork to a 30-year-old person. Bodies, like corks, can feel physically sound when suddenly a moment of fragility comes along. That’s the advice he gives his staff at Long Count, a new wine bar in Manhattan’s East Village that only pours wines aged for at least 10 years. That commitment is no easy task. Opening a wine with decades of age is risky: With maturity, corks become frail, and damage can result in anything from chunks to tiny remnants of the stopper in the wine. The article How to Open an Old Bottle of Wine, According to a Sommelier appeared first on VinePair.