Why do some bottles of wine have a screwtop cap versus a cork?!
Why do some bottles of wine have a screwtop cap versus a cork?
Answers:
Many of the vineyards are starting to use screwtops. I read somewhere there is a shortage of cork. Screwtops do not mean it is a cheap bottle of wine. Because of the high demand of wine, cork is at a shortage. I also read that cork can crumble, dry out, break, and sometimes carry a smelly (but harmless) bacteria that taints the wine with a musty odor.
I think the screw top bottles are the cheaper class of wine.
Better wines are aged with corked. Cheaper wines aren't aged as long and they use screw caps.
screw tops are ghetto juice.
Using the cork was one of the first methods of preserving wine. It is the traditional way of sealing a wine bottle however a screw top is a much better idea for a good seal every time.
Lots of very good vineyards are now switching to screw tops.
To really piss you off is my personal opinion, however, I do believe it has something to do with taste, and class.
Well, we usually think of screw top wines as being cheaper and of less quality. However, in recent years, screw top is becoming more popular with many wines, even high quality wines because it is much cheaper than cork which is becoming a little scarce and it keeps wine much FRESHER than a cork. (Some people say the cork gives it a better flavor, but I really haven't noticed!) Corks are more romantic and classy it seems, but check the vintage and the company to make sure it's a good bottle wine...don't rely so much on what's holding it in!! (Unless you're out to impress!)
I don't know the only wine that I drink has a screw top Thunderbird, Somebody needs to be in the Lap of Luxury.
Natural corks have been the closure of choice for most high end wines. However, because of the problem with corked wines, several other closure alternatives are now being explored. Some wine producers are using synthetic corks or manufactured hybrids or screw caps. Synthetic corks or screw caps have been successful. I like them. Most of the time after you open a wine, you can't even get the cork back in. Screw caps always go back on.
you mother ******!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!... run far away *****!!!!!!!!!!!!! ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...
not every body carries a cork screw around. And us winos perfer to reseal after a sip or two.
Screw caps prevent the wine from becoming corked (tainted). It is estimated that up to 10% of wines sealed with cork are in some way affected by the cork.
This is why more and more producers are choosing to seal their wines with screw caps.
In order to answer this question correctly, a little history.
Cork is a specific type of wood. a long time ago wine was stored in old animal skins, then large clay vessels, and eventually bottles. as technology improved, so the method of storage as well. (whoever thought it would be a good idea to seal a bottle with a piece of wood must have been desperate). its bad points are that wine can still oxidize because of a faulty sea, and that cork wood can contain a chemical called trichloralanisole (TCA). TCA makes wine smell like wet cardboard. not good. one benifit to cork is that it allows wine to age gracefully through micro-oxygenezation (SP?).
technology has improved further, and now we have screwcaps. unlike cork, screw caps can be cleaned, so that there is no fear of the wine being corked (affected by TCA). a few weeks ago we had a fairly expensive case of wine in which 2 out of 12 bottles were corked! with screwcaps i dont have to worry about it.
Some people say that with screwcaps you dont get the benifits of micro-oxygenization, and so the wine wont age well. however most wine is consumed within the first year or two of release. so thats not really an issue. there also exists screw caps that have a semi-permeable membrane, so that they do allow tiny quantities of oxygen, so that the wine will recieve those benefits, and they can control exactly how much every bottle gets. these membranes aren't any more expensive than regular closures. so the only reason at this point for corks, is aesthetic or marketing.
Most people assume screwcap wine is cheap, and so alot of wine is still sealed with a cork because of the market they want to hit. i obviously prefer screwcap, but i do love opening up an old bottle of wine and taking 3 minutes to open it because the cork is falling apart, and then hearing that gasp when the cork is out. wine is romantic and organic, and it is beautiful to see that connection to nature, even if that connection has the potential to ruin the bottle. but screwcaps are here to stay