The puzzle fails spectacularly. Without additional action all that wine will go bad. Important detail is one must recork each bottle immediately after samplin

The puzzle fails spectacularly. Without additional action all that wine will go bad. Important detail is one must recork each bottle immediately after sampling & refrigerate. Now the wine will be preserved, and the very slight pre-drinking oxygen bump is likely to improve it over first corking. A little overlooked & underrated trick. (Remember to decant reds and allow them to reach room temp before drinking.) Also left out is value/opportunity maximization, which is a crucial implicit factor in any gamed, especially adversarial, situation. Math & algorithm problems without complete context value optimization are just ivory tower toys! The real world, Machiavelli, your ancestors, and your shareholders demand better! The poisoned bottle, once identified, is worth a great deal. Minimum value realization is obtained by rebottling, and re-gifting it to its original source. Anonymously. Of course! Or you can save it for a special occasion! Sometimes the best move is no move. Accumulate optionality.