tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572026409225809274.post8541557856439874603..comments2023-10-26T10:31:26.325-04:00Comments on Tuscan Vines: If You're Cheap, I say Get ScrewedTuscanVineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06209120978343208652noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572026409225809274.post-9920405863095547362012-11-20T09:10:42.322-05:002012-11-20T09:10:42.322-05:00Bill, interesting comments by Brian. I admit, I...Bill, interesting comments by Brian. I admit, I'd love to have zero chance of cork taint, and would give up the "romance" factor if that were true. But I wonder if we'd get the same product, that same aged wine, without the slow oxidative quality that cork seems to allow? If that weren't partially true, at least, no winemakers would use wood barrels. They'd just use metal and wash them each vintage. Wood allows aging wine to breathe and I think the same is true, to a much lesser degree, of cork. TuscanVineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06209120978343208652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572026409225809274.post-47465513001868863932012-11-20T02:18:41.166-05:002012-11-20T02:18:41.166-05:00I'll never forget being at a tasting that my o...I'll never forget being at a tasting that my old retailer hosted featuring Brian Loring. One of the guests spoke up and said he didn't care for screw caps because they lacked the romanticism of removing a natural cork. To this, Brian said (I'm paraphrasing here): "With all due respect sir, if pulling the cork out is what you most remember about the bottle of wine, then you need to be drinking other wines."<br /><br />I wouldn't mind it if all corks went away. I don't want them in my cheap daily drinkers or the expensive stuff that I'm laying down.Bill Rosichhttp://www.ugawino.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572026409225809274.post-61523294762139559442012-11-19T08:42:49.285-05:002012-11-19T08:42:49.285-05:00Dennis - thanks for the thoughts. The one thing I ...Dennis - thanks for the thoughts. The one thing I didn't mention is that some people are more sensitive to cork taint than others. But I know people who can smell it in a wine from feet away without even tasting it. It's got to be pretty bad for me to notice, but it has happened to me on many occasions. <br /><br />Screwcaps are convenient in lots of ways. This summer, it was easy to take wine out on the boat and not worry about corking or uncorking or leaking in the cooler.... <br /><br />But as I say, we're lucky to see the best of both worlds and while I think screwcaps will increase, I don't think they'll ever replace corks as the closure of choice on premium wines. TuscanVineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06209120978343208652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572026409225809274.post-12227621159137268552012-11-18T10:38:34.887-05:002012-11-18T10:38:34.887-05:00John, "To most of the middle of the country, ...John, "To most of the middle of the country, $9 per bottle is an extravagance. It's an expensive, special occasion type of wine. It's not the hamburger, it IS the filet mignon and if they're going to spend $9 on a bottle of wine....you guessed it, they want to hear the "pop". " (not sure if my comment is appropriate to your post) but it is no surprise, and I see it almost every day in the super market. Two days ago one store manager told me that the bin-bulk wines were flying out of the store (so maybe not such a special occasion wine as you presume), but the cork thing is a surprise; I'm glad that a sense of tradition can still be demonstrated around the dinner table or the park bench with a bottle of Riunite Lambrusco. I'll have to get a bottle and see what all the fuss is about!<br />Oh John, best essay on cork closures I've yet read!<br />New Hampshire Winemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07111304557830665931noreply@blogger.com