Comments on: Screwcaps: Get over them http://blog.winemag.com/editors/2007/07/02/screwcaps-get-over-them/ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:33:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ken http://blog.winemag.com/editors/2007/07/02/screwcaps-get-over-them/comment-page-1/#comment-519 Ken Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:33:00 +0000 http://blog.winemag.com/editors/2007/07/02/screwcaps-get-over-them/#comment-519 I remember a number of years ago when Randall Graham of Bonny Doon announced that he had discover the perfect wine seal – the Supreme Corq. Then after a couple of oxidized vintages, he announced once again that he had discovered the perfect wine seal – the screw cap. I expect any day now that he will discover another perfect seal called natural cork. I think that in the long run people will discover there is no one perfect seal for all wines all the time. I remember a number of years ago when Randall Graham of Bonny Doon announced that he had discover the perfect wine seal – the Supreme Corq. Then after a couple of oxidized vintages, he announced once again that he had discovered the perfect wine seal – the screw cap. I expect any day now that he will discover another perfect seal called natural cork.
I think that in the long run people will discover there is no one perfect seal for all wines all the time.

]]> By: Jim Gordon http://blog.winemag.com/editors/2007/07/02/screwcaps-get-over-them/comment-page-1/#comment-370 Jim Gordon Tue, 14 Aug 2007 22:02:31 +0000 http://blog.winemag.com/editors/2007/07/02/screwcaps-get-over-them/#comment-370 Jason: Thanks for fueling the discussion. I've heard this concept of the positive flavors of cork, too, most recently from winemaker Mike Richmond of Bouchaine in Carneros. Some bottles of wine are "enhanced" by their corks, was his way of putting it. Jason: Thanks for fueling the discussion. I’ve heard this concept of the positive flavors of cork, too, most recently from winemaker Mike Richmond of Bouchaine in Carneros. Some bottles of wine are “enhanced” by their corks, was his way of putting it.

]]> By: Jason Haas http://blog.winemag.com/editors/2007/07/02/screwcaps-get-over-them/comment-page-1/#comment-366 Jason Haas Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:14:58 +0000 http://blog.winemag.com/editors/2007/07/02/screwcaps-get-over-them/#comment-366 Hi Jim, I'm happy that you also address some of the issues surrounding screwcaps in this post (I too read Jamie Goode's article with interest) but I think that one thing that's often overlooked by both consumers and the trade is that corks, when good, provide positive flavors to a wine as it develops. It was Paul Draper who first introduced this idea to me at a seminar several years back now, and we've found the same thing in the <a href="http://tablascreek.typepad.com/tablas/2007/07/corks-and-screw.html" rel="nofollow">tests that we've done at Tablas Creek</a> (I posted about this on our blog a few weeks back). We do bottle several of our wines in screwcap, and I (like you) often actively look for screwcap-finished wines to drink with meals, but it's a complicated issue that has been too often reduced to caricatures of one side or the other. Thanks for shining some light! All the best, -Jason Hi Jim,

I’m happy that you also address some of the issues surrounding screwcaps in this post (I too read Jamie Goode’s article with interest) but I think that one thing that’s often overlooked by both consumers and the trade is that corks, when good, provide positive flavors to a wine as it develops. It was Paul Draper who first introduced this idea to me at a seminar several years back now, and we’ve found the same thing in the tests that we’ve done at Tablas Creek (I posted about this on our blog a few weeks back).

We do bottle several of our wines in screwcap, and I (like you) often actively look for screwcap-finished wines to drink with meals, but it’s a complicated issue that has been too often reduced to caricatures of one side or the other.

Thanks for shining some light!

All the best,
-Jason

]]> By: Boredeaux-Bo http://blog.winemag.com/editors/2007/07/02/screwcaps-get-over-them/comment-page-1/#comment-104 Boredeaux-Bo Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:49:10 +0000 http://blog.winemag.com/editors/2007/07/02/screwcaps-get-over-them/#comment-104 One of the best kept secrets in the Northwest (Walla Walla) has switched 100% to Screw Top closures....just an FYI. All of the Syrah's in the Northwest were rated by a 3rd party magazine and tasting panel of judges/experts...their 2 offerings won first and second. Go Figure! I'll live with it....I love their wine. Get over it people...it's what's in the bottle! One of the best kept secrets in the Northwest (Walla Walla) has switched 100% to Screw Top closures….just an FYI. All of the Syrah’s in the Northwest were rated by a 3rd party magazine and tasting panel of judges/experts…their 2 offerings won first and second.

Go Figure!

I’ll live with it….I love their wine.

Get over it people…it’s what’s in the bottle!

]]> By: Alana http://blog.winemag.com/editors/2007/07/02/screwcaps-get-over-them/comment-page-1/#comment-100 Alana Thu, 19 Jul 2007 02:12:41 +0000 http://blog.winemag.com/editors/2007/07/02/screwcaps-get-over-them/#comment-100 I can't resist...what about Voga? For the couple, where she loves the cork, he loves the screw (no pun intended honest). Unscrew the top, pull the cork, drink a glass or two, reapply the cap. Cheers! Voga Delle Venezie Pinot Grigio 2004 I can’t resist…what about Voga? For the couple, where she loves the cork, he loves the screw (no pun intended honest). Unscrew the top, pull the cork, drink a glass or two, reapply the cap. Cheers! Voga Delle Venezie Pinot Grigio 2004

]]> By: Alana http://blog.winemag.com/editors/2007/07/02/screwcaps-get-over-them/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Alana Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:08:32 +0000 http://blog.winemag.com/editors/2007/07/02/screwcaps-get-over-them/#comment-83 Helmut, You are so literal! ;) I take my wine out of my wine refridgerator 10 minutes before serving and I still enjoy the ritual. My evening ambiance is always hot, even if the wine is corked, ask my hubby. Helmut,
You are so literal! ;) I take my wine out of my wine refridgerator 10 minutes before serving and I still enjoy the ritual. My evening ambiance is always hot, even if the wine is corked, ask my hubby.

]]> By: Helmut Knall http://blog.winemag.com/editors/2007/07/02/screwcaps-get-over-them/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Helmut Knall Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:32:52 +0000 http://blog.winemag.com/editors/2007/07/02/screwcaps-get-over-them/#comment-81 A wonderful candlelight dinner, I was cooking for hours. I prepared the wines, decanted the great red - no TCA hours before. The lady of my dreams sitting in front of me, getting in the mood, the first course, the second cours, the first wine, the second wine, everything works perfect. The main dish is on the point - I pour the wine and - it stinks. Run to the cellar, find a new one? Forget it the mood is gone. Withe a screwcap I would marry her. Sorry, but normally nobody opens the bottle on the table. It's done before - or, from the sommelier on the side table. So it really dorsn't matter if there is a plopp, a click or a krrrck. A bottle with a cork ruins the ambiance, to often. Greetings from Vienna. A wonderful candlelight dinner, I was cooking for hours. I prepared the wines, decanted the great red – no TCA hours before.
The lady of my dreams sitting in front of me, getting in the mood, the first course, the second cours, the first wine, the second wine, everything works perfect.
The main dish is on the point – I pour the wine and – it stinks.
Run to the cellar, find a new one? Forget it the mood is gone.
Withe a screwcap I would marry her.

Sorry, but normally nobody opens the bottle on the table. It’s done before – or, from the sommelier on the side table. So it really dorsn’t matter if there is a plopp, a click or a krrrck. A bottle with a cork ruins the ambiance, to often.

Greetings from Vienna.

]]> By: Alana http://blog.winemag.com/editors/2007/07/02/screwcaps-get-over-them/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Alana Thu, 12 Jul 2007 23:31:46 +0000 http://blog.winemag.com/editors/2007/07/02/screwcaps-get-over-them/#comment-64 Am I a cork snob? I have lit unscented candles on my dinner table. I use cloth napkins and eat off of china not paper. I always have Pelligrino and dark chocolate at the ready. This is my nightly routine. A bottle with a cork in it, is all part of the ambiance. Now for a picnic? A screwcap is just fine! (A rose' of course!) Am I a cork snob? I have lit unscented candles on my dinner table. I use cloth napkins and eat off of china not paper. I always have Pelligrino and dark chocolate at the ready. This is my nightly routine. A bottle with a cork in it, is all part of the ambiance.

Now for a picnic? A screwcap is just fine! (A rose’ of course!)

]]> By: Erika http://blog.winemag.com/editors/2007/07/02/screwcaps-get-over-them/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Erika Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:08:26 +0000 http://blog.winemag.com/editors/2007/07/02/screwcaps-get-over-them/#comment-12 <p>Interesting post, Jim. People have come a long way to accepting screw caps for New Zealand Sauvignon Blancs, as you mentioned, but I think it will be a long road before they are accepted for aging quality red wines. It will definitely be an important experiment to see how red wine ages under the cap. That will be the true test.</p> Interesting post, Jim. People have come a long way to accepting screw caps for New Zealand Sauvignon Blancs, as you mentioned, but I think it will be a long road before they are accepted for aging quality red wines. It will definitely be an important experiment to see how red wine ages under the cap. That will be the true test.

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