"Tater" > wrote in message
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> boy, you'd think I have nothing better to do but think up questions
> all day.....
>
> anyway, while reading some older posts. I noticed someone mentioning
> sealing their corked bottles with beeswax.
>
> to me that sounded like a good idea, although i'd probably just use
> normal parafin. any pro's/con's?
>

It's to protect the cork and stop it from drying out, shrinking, crumbling
etc. Pretty much the same reason that wine is stored tilted over so that the
wine is in contact with the cork on the inside of the bottle. If the cork is
allowed to degrade, you get bits of crap in your wine and create the
possibility of air/bacteria getting in and ruining the wine.

Mike

Mike