The “Smell” of Tainted Wine Is Actually Your Nose Going Numb

The "Smell" of Tainted Wine Is Actually Your Nose Going Numb

Wine lovers dread "cork taint," the mildewy, wet-basement-full-of-old-newspapers odor that ruins a freshly-opened bottle of wine. But the chemical responsible for cork taint’s foul smell may actually work by numbing your nose’s scent receptors. Huh?

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