1"Bad" Wine

Thanks for posting. Obviously we need reviews of both good and bad experiences, but could you be more specific? Was the wine obviously spoiled or "cooked"? Smelling of wet newspapers or "Windex-like" in aromas? Overtly leathery, with notes of manure and ofal? Or just not up to your expectations of quality?

The reason it's important to take note of these qualities is because we as readers and wine buyers have no way of knowing whether your experience was strictly based on your individual experience with that individual bottle, or if perhaps there may be a fault in the entire bottling.

Whenever I encounter a suspiciously bad bottle of wine, I try to obtain and taste at least one more bottle of the same wine (preferably purchased from the same source if it's the second bottle, different source if the third). Often the wine shows better or worse from one bottle to the next which usually indicates factors beyond the wineries control like heat damage, faulty cork, or poor storage conditions. If you can understand why it's not good, then you can make choices that will help you avoid buying mistakes and help you find "good" buys in the future. Thanks for your follow up.