How to Recork a Wine Bottle: 5 Methods to Save the Rest of the Bottle

Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Opening a wine bottle is easy. Closing it again is the part nobody teaches you. You pour two glasses, set the bottle aside, and then look at the cork, which has somehow doubled in size and refuses to slide back in. Force it and you damage the cork. Leave the bottle open and the wine flattens within hours. There is a right way to recork a bottle, and there are several wrong ways. This guide covers all of them, plus what to use when the original cork is genuinely beyond saving.

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How to Recork a Wine Bottle: 5 Methods to Save the Rest of the Bottle