Originally Posted by tomsundstrom

When he once again insisted the wine was ok, I told him that I would make a deal with him: Bring me a new bottle of the wine, and if it's the same as the original bottle, I would buy both of them. If, however, there was a noticeable difference, proving that the first bottle was indeed corked, then HE would buy both of them.

He looked at me for a minute, took the bottle away, brought us a new one, which was fine, and I paid for it with no further drama.