Answer by: Roger C. Bohmrich, MW
When you refer to "other wine," do you mean a different wine and not the rest of the bottles of this two-case lot? If so, it will still be necessary to inspect the other bottles of the wine that leaked as suggested previously. If you find no leaking, and after tasting another bottle, you don't find the same "sour" taste, then this was a problem limited to that one bottle.
If it's a more general problem affecting most of the remaining wine, then the damage no doubt occurred before you brought the wine to your home; for example, in a container or warehouse or on a delivery truck.
Your cellar is relatively warm and fluctuates a fair amount for long-term storage. This will not matter, however, if you intend to age wines for a short period - months or a couple of years.
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