A bit miffed

[barnesy]

On a return trip to Oregon the past weekend, I purchased a bottle from Ponzi winery called Terezetto which is a blend of the 95, 96, and 97 Pinot Noir. When I got home, i noticed the bag was a bit damp near the top and there was some sticky residue on the foil. I recently read about bad corks somewhere on this page, so I decided to open it with dinner in the hopes the wine was unaffected. No such luck. Skunk city. Fortunately, it was only a 12 dollar bottle, or I may have been more annoyed.

Is there anything I can do to recoup? Or anyway to inspect the bottles in the future, even a foiled bottle so that I can avoid this waste in the future?

Barnesy