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Southern Living: How To Close A Wine Bottle Without A Cork, According To Experts

Save your opened bottles of wine even if you don’t have a cork thanks to these tips from wine experts and sommeliers.

Michelle LaBorde, sommelier at Dancing Bear Appalachian Bistro in Townsend, Tennessee, uses bourbon corks to replace wine bottle corks that have been lost or broken. “The bourbon tops are almost always universally fit to both bourbon and wine bottles,” she explains.

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Written By Jill Schildhouse
Photo By Caitlin Bensel