Since then, he has given old friends reason to recork their champagne.

So roll up the red carpet, send the band home, and recork the champagne.

At no charge, they top up and recork old vintages of Lafite.

Some Paraguayans would like to recork the cultural bottle.

If your consumption is more moderate, recork the bottle, and stick it in the refrigerator.

Or you can take a quick taste of the one bottle you have and recork it immediately.

"Pour off leftover wine into a clean half bottle and recork it," she recommended.

Huntington insisted we recork the champagne.

Then recork the bottle.

A likely translation: As soon as the genie starts to stir, the Fed will rush to recork the bottle.

Most major Bordeaux chateaux and many Bordeaux collectors around the world routinely recork their old wines every 15 to 25 years.

It was not as if I had failed to recork the bottles that contained only wine..." She was laughing, head tipped back on her slim neck.

What these cellar men do for wine lovers around the world replicates what they do at the chateau - recork all the old bottles every 10 or 20 years.

Consider this: Every few years, a team of artisans from Chateau Lafite-Rothschild in Bordeaux goes on a road trip to recork older bottles of the chateau's wine.

Some years ago, Chateau Lafite-Rothschild scored a publicity coup of sorts by sending a team to the United States to top off and recork old Lafites for their owners.

Only as he went quite limp against her arm, eyes rolled up in their sockets, did she recork the jar and allow herself to breathe again, taking up the little blue vial as she set the jar aside.

But if, as a former trader himself, he was not acutely concerned that the contagion could end up here, the Treasury Department would not have spent the last two months putting the Government on the financial equivalent of red alert, holding meetings in the White House situation room and flying officials around the world to try to recork the bottle.