Wine Problems?

Sometimes even good wine can have things that look like problems with them or the bottle or cork; even if the wine is still good. While rare these things can be confusing when encountered by the average wine drinker.  These visual problems can include things like sediment in the wine and crystals on the cork. Both of these are purely aesthetic issues and can be fixed quite easily by simply decanting the wine in question. This will allow all sediment to settle to the bottom. The crystals on the cork that are sometimes present on the cork where the wine touched it are simply tartrate crystals, similar to cream of tartar used in cooking, these sea salt looking crystals are tasteless and harmless unless they break off into the wine. If they are floating around the bottom of the bottle just treat them like all sediment and enjoy just the same. 
                These are just of the issues that can arise with a bottle of wine and always make sure to check that all of the bottles in those six bottle wine carriers does not have any problems with the look of the cork to insure an enjoyable bottle of wine.