April 2nd, 2010 - The other day when entertaining I went down to my cellar to pull out a prized bottle which I'd been saving for just such an occasion. However, when I pulled the foil off the top I discovered to my horror that the glass had cracked around the cork. When I corkscrewed the bottle the glass shattered all the way around the top, dropping little shards down into the bottle. Was this treasure of mine now ruined? I don't drink coffee, but for occasions just like this I always keep coffee filters in the house. To save the wine I put a coffee filter into a funnel and then put the funnel into a decanter. Carefully pouring the the wine through the coffee filter removed the glass and we were able to enjoy the Barbera with our steak. While breaking bottles is a rarity, this techique is also great for filtering out the sediment one often finds in older wines. Archives