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Getting rid of wine spilt in car smell?

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Getting rid of wine spilt in car smell?

by Sue Courtney » Wed Oct 28, 2015 11:53 am

Has anyone had any experience with getting the smell of spilt wine out of a car?

I had my sisters around to taste some wine with me last night and gave them partially consumed bottles to take home, including the rather tasty though controversially named Jacobs Creek Reserve Prosecco NV - whether the Aussies should be using the Prosecco name is a different debate although the grapes used in the wine are prosecco a.k.a. glera. Anyway, I bunged a cork in the bottle instead of putting on a proper champagne stopper and the inevitable happened, the cork worked its way out on their journey home, releasing with a pop, and the contents of the bottle spilled out in the car.

There are heaps of solutions from google, but I want to know what actually works. Fortunately being prosecco, there is no horrible red wine stain to add to the dilemma.

Thanks in advance.

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Re: Getting rid of wine spilt in car smell?

by Howie Hart » Wed Oct 28, 2015 12:50 pm

Since it's getting close to Summer down there, I'd simply park the car in a sunny spot for a few hours with a window slightly cracked for a few hours (go shopping at the Mall). Then drive the car for a short while with all the windows open.
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Re: Getting rid of wine spilt in car smell?

by Joe Moryl » Wed Oct 28, 2015 3:00 pm

A sack with some activated charcoal might do the trick.
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Re: Getting rid of wine spilt in car smell?

by Jenise » Wed Oct 28, 2015 4:18 pm

Don't know about smell, but presuming it's somewhat dry by now, I'd add small amounts of water and then blot, water then blot, water then blot, to try to remove the wine which has sugar and will darken and stain over time even if it doesn't show now. That would be my largest concern--smell will go away when the wine does.
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