"Tom S" > wrote in message igy.com>...

> LOL! I did the exact same thing earlier this year. I just left it in there
> and built a new one. Mine's stainless - not plastic. I chuck it in an
> electric drill for stirring.
>
Yeah, I have (or had, well I guess still have) the same one. As it
dropped out of the drill everything went in slow motion... seemed like
it lasted 15 seconds and then glub-glub-glub and it was gone in the
murky depths of a barrel of pinot. If it were stainless I'd have no
problem just leaving it. I am a bit concerned about leaving plastic
anything in wine for a year.