how cute

[Bucko]

The pronged thing is an Ah So.

As far as corkiness, it is a learned thing, but is also a physical thing. In scientific trials, people's threshold for sensing TCA can vary by a thousand-fold. So many people will be saying the wine is corked, others say no way. Even if you cannot perceive the TCA, you will often notice that the wine lacks fruit or seems lifeless.

Bucko