title_body: What should I do when my wine's cork crumbles?
upvoted_answer: The best way to take out bad corks is with an Ah So. Keeps the crumbly corks together better. 
  
  
  
  
  
  Instead of picking at the cork, push it back into the bottle and then strain the wine through a stainless steel tea strainer like this:
  
  
  
  
  Many times the wine is good, but when the cork is that bad it's probably oxidized to hell, vinegar or corked. The only way to tell is to smell and/or taste it.