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  • verb Present participle of recork.

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Examples

  • We often find it is a very old bottle with a brand new cork but no indication of recorking.

    How to Be Sure the Wine Matches the Label Will Lyons 2012

  • The manager of Château Palmer tells a great story about a recorking session of the 1961 in a hotel in the Far East.

    Living Legend 2009

  • The manager of Château Palmer tells a great story about a recorking session of the 1961 in a hotel in the Far East.

    Living Legend 2009

  • The episode he came upon was the one involving the ex-wife who, seeking revenge on her ex-husband for what she considered an inequitable distribution of assets, had snuck into his wine cellar while he was away and opened hundreds of bottles of prized Bordeaux wines — by hand, one by one — replacing the wine with diet grape juice; then recorking and resealing them.

    'Supreme Courtship' 2008

  • I kept a bottle of this wine open for 11 days in early 2003, recorking each evening after pouring an ounce or two for evaluation.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • I kept a bottle of this wine open for 11 days in early 2003, recorking each evening after pouring an ounce or two for evaluation.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • I kept a bottle of this wine open for 11 days in early 2003, recorking each evening after pouring an ounce or two for evaluation.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • I kept a bottle of this wine open for 11 days in early 2003, recorking each evening after pouring an ounce or two for evaluation.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • I kept a bottle of this wine open for 11 days in early 2003, recorking each evening after pouring an ounce or two for evaluation.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • I kept a bottle of this wine open for 11 days in early 2003, recorking each evening after pouring an ounce or two for evaluation.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

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