On 30 Jan 2005 17:08:40 GMT, Michael Pronay > wrote:

>loobyloo > wrote:

>> I'm very skeptical about tastings which report failure rates of
>> up to 30%.
>
>The next time i'll invite you. That was the taint rate in our
>Bordeaux 1995 tasting (101 wines) two weeks ago.

Can I come too ;-)

I think most sources would agree an average rate of about 5% for TCA
infection. Most, though not all, would be down to the cork.

A senior person (MD I think) in Oddbins - a major UK high street wine
merchant - estimated that 30% of wines are spoiled *in some way* by
faulty corks.

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Steve Slatcher
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