ASK A COOK | KATHLEEN PURVIS: Safe to drink decades-old

ASK A COOK | KATHLEEN PURVIS: Safe to drink decades-old homemade wine? (The Charlotte Observer)
Q. I “inherited” an old, 1-gallon, wicker-covered glass bottle of what my mother tells me is my grandmother’s homemade blackberry wine. My grandmother died in 1968, and probably hadn’t made wine for a decade. It is brown-colored and somewhat cloudy, with some sediment. I took my life into my hands and sampled it. It is extremely sweet, but surprisingly berry-like in flavor. My questions: Is it a