Refrigeration

[tomstevenson]

There's air in the fridge too!
However, I would agree that the only time you take it out of the fridge is to throw and you may as well try it before you do. You never know. One of the best 40-year-old Romanee-Conti I've tasted had no cork. The evidence suggested it had rotted away (don't ask me what they put in the wine that could do that!), thus the wine had survived on its (lead!!) capsule. Another exception was a bottle of Moet NV that had been in an attic (hot-cold, hot-cold ...) for at least 14 years, and it was one of the best preserved NVs I've tasted. Defies logic. So try it. You've got nothing to lose, but don't raise your hopes.