Bad Wine

What to do?

I know this has happened to you, it happens to me, you buy a bottle of wine for a decent sum of money (not Two Buck Chuck), you get home, open it and it is... bad. Or off. Or a bit sour.

Do you solider through and drink it even though your forebrain screams that a headache is in your future? Do you feel embarrassed about your wine choice and store it in the kitchen to turn to vinegar? Do you pour it down the drain?

Or...

Do you take it back to the store and ask for your money back?

I have the hardest time with the last option. Today I bought a $10 bottle of wine from the local Ralphs, got it home, opened it, poured a glass, and...

Taste. YUCK!

It tasted sour, it was bubbling (non-sparkling wine should not bubble), and the wine was just off. Sigh.

Too late to return the bottle to Ralphs and then the embarrassment set in. Well, maybe I shouldn't have bought this wine... Maybe I should just pour it down the drain and recycle the bottle.

No, tomorrow it goes back to Ralphs so I can get my $10 back.

There, that is what I should do about bad wine.