jmcquown wrote:

> I never thought such a thing would be possible but I just had an explosion
> in my kitchen. There are glass shards everywhere! I had an empty bottle of
> merlot from last week, sitting, corked, waiting to be taken out to the trash
> and it EXPLODED. Apparently this thing built up gasses or something because
> I'd put the cork back in the empty bottle. It looks like a terrorist just
> visited my kitchen. Don't put corks back in empty wine bottles unless you
> intend to take them out to be disposed of immediately.
>
> This has been a public service announcement from someone who just cut her
> hand on broken wine bottle glass and now has to vacuum the kitchen floor.
>

Empty? No no. Take the bottle back to the liquor store and show them the
defective bottle that burst after you re-corked it. They will probably give you
a replacement.