Rescuing your bottle from cork taint

You bring a prized bottle to the restaurant only to discover substantial cork taint after popping it. Is there any way out of such despair and embarrassment? Fear not, advised the old lady serving us tea at Imperial Treasure Great World, Singapore, when a bottle of 2000 Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé Chambolle-Musigny 1er Les Amoureuses was found to be affected. She poured the entire bottle into a wide-based decanter, then immersed a square-foot of clear plastic cling wrap into the wine and swirled gently for several minutes, after which she removed the cling wrap using a pair of chopsticks. And, voila, the Les Amoureuses was back to its effusive perfumed self without any tell-tale sign of its previous maladie. It seems the molecules of 2,4,6-trichloroanisole (TCA) would cling conveniently onto the plastic wrap, ridding the wine of itself. First reported in 2007, it is surprising that few wine afficionados are aware of this little trick. But don’t overdo it, warned the highly knowledgeable old lady: no more than ten minutes.