2006-11-06 08:42:05 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
It is the contents i am bothered about
2006-11-06 08:54:54 · answer #1 · answered by taxed till i die,and then some. 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
New Zealand Marlborough wines, which are very very good, especially the Savingon Blanc, all come with screw tops. All those ignoramuses who decry screw tops are living in the dark ages. Do you know that a unacceptable high percentage of cork sealed bottles of wine are "corked" ie tainted by the cork and horrible to drink. What do the cork snobs think about plastic corks?
2006-11-06 17:04:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Had some good screw tops...but usually go for cork, it's possible to tell a little about the wine before it's opened...live in France now...screw top is not an option. There was a looming cork shortage...hence a lot of wineries started to use synthetic corks.
2006-11-06 16:45:30 · answer #3 · answered by minitheminx65 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Steve101 has it spot on. There is no difference made to the liquid in the bottle with either cork, screwcap or temporary thumb. Therefore the wine industry is shifting to screwcaps en masse. Cork's history and invented mystique of its use in sealing (it doesn't, often, hence "corking" etc) has befuddled a lot of traditionalists. Yes, it's more economical to screwcap, but that doesn't spoil quality. Superb stuff now comes screwcapped. Corks often fail also when being opened, sometimes with ruinous results.
2006-11-06 17:01:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Screw top if it's for immediate consumption, cork if it needs to age- theoretically the tiny amount of air that gets into corked bottles helps the wine to mature. No one has tried laying down screwtop wine for ten or twenty years to prove or disprove this, so for now the above applies.
2006-11-06 18:22:21 · answer #5 · answered by answermann 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apparently the quality of screw top wines has been increasing dramatically. I don't know if I will ever find them to be as romantic and pleasing as a cork bottle but if you just want one glass every now and then screw tops are deffinately more convenient.
2006-11-06 17:39:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Screw top because sometimes little peices from the cork get in your wine.My godparents bought some expensive wine a long time ago but when it came time to drink it they couldn't because they noticed some of the cork flying around in their drink.
2006-11-06 17:59:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Either, but not those horrible plastic corks. Apparently they are ruining the ecology of those gorgeous cork oak orchards, and putting the small producers out of business. Ban 'em, I say.
And as for the lack of corkscrew thing, you never know until you get the wrapper off whether it's screw top or not. So, always carry a corkscrew!
2006-11-06 16:58:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cork of course. A screw top is an insult to any wine, particularly good wine.
2006-11-07 04:11:48 · answer #9 · answered by clair h 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it depends on where the wine comes from and the grape. I recently indulged in 2 bottles of decent (cost about £18 each) Pinoit Noir (NZ). One was corked very tasty and the other was screw top (a wine of the year winner) and that was also very good.
I think it just depends on your preference
2006-11-06 16:57:26 · answer #10 · answered by CW 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Definitely cork. I've never had a decent wine that came out of a screw top, they're for winos , right.? It' s just unheard of for a good wine!
2006-11-06 16:52:07 · answer #11 · answered by custers_nemesis 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋