A Visit to a Penfolds Recorking Clinic

I have to be quite honest here… my inherently inquisitive mind has always wondered just what goes on at one of these Penfolds “Recorking Clinics” I almost imagined it to be akin to some kind of secret Grange-loving cabal’s ritualistic get-together… which in a way it was I suppose, but oh so much more… At these sessions Penfolds offer a unique service to owners of their wines… and it is all free of charge.

When Penfolds rolled into town just the other week I took along an older bottle of Penfolds Kalimna Bin 28 for appraisal by Penfolds Chief Winemaker (and friend of Good Food Revolution) Peter Gago, and filmed what I found to be a fascinating process…

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