“Tip the glass”
My first stop is the ever present, past and future of the question…
What is better?
a cork
or
a Stelvin enclosure (yes, a screw cap)?
First, there are many answers to this question. I am only passing on information I have gathered through my time buying and selling wine; meeting the wine makers, grape growers, negotiants and wine geeks. For those in the “traditional” side of wine, there is nothing better than cork, and yet these “traditionalist” have tried the screw cap.
Those of the “old World” wine have put sections of vintages to test the aging nuances under screw cap.
Stelvin enthusiasts have watched the cap adjust to the negatives most traditionalists fight for in cork. The screw cap does not allow the wine to grow in bottle as it is too tight to allow any air in.
Steps were made to create a cap that will allow a minute amount of air in like a natural cork would allow.
Other sides to look into, the romance of opening a natural cork (with a slight popping noise) to the unromantic cap ( a snapping noise close to bubble wrap popping).
There are those who believe that “quality wine” is not available in Stelvin (known further as “screw cap"), and “Oh there could never be a high end wine put into a bottle with a screw cap.” This false statement is proven wrong by well known names of the wine world. Oh you would like a few examples, o.k., first up would be PlumpJack Winery put half the production of the 2007 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon (priced at $130.00) under screw cap, Domaine Laroche of Chablis, have been bottling their Premier Crus and Grand Crus under screw cap since the 2001 vintage (price range $35.00 - $155.00)
Statistically speaking, a loss of product for a vineyard could be 2-15% under natural cork; why not use a closure that assures to keep wine safe, clean and easily accessed without a cork screw. Taking into consideration that 75% of wine purchased in the U.S. is opened within 20 minutes of purchase, it could be prudent to use screw caps
In the future, when the wine associate suggests a wine with a screw cap, take a deep breath and maybe a leap of faith, you may have just have found your next favorite wine.
Thanks for reading….
“Tip the Glass” and enjoy a bit of wine from under a screw cap…
My first stop is the ever present, past and future of the question…
What is better?
a cork
or
a Stelvin enclosure (yes, a screw cap)?
First, there are many answers to this question. I am only passing on information I have gathered through my time buying and selling wine; meeting the wine makers, grape growers, negotiants and wine geeks. For those in the “traditional” side of wine, there is nothing better than cork, and yet these “traditionalist” have tried the screw cap.
Those of the “old World” wine have put sections of vintages to test the aging nuances under screw cap.
Stelvin enthusiasts have watched the cap adjust to the negatives most traditionalists fight for in cork. The screw cap does not allow the wine to grow in bottle as it is too tight to allow any air in.
Steps were made to create a cap that will allow a minute amount of air in like a natural cork would allow.
Other sides to look into, the romance of opening a natural cork (with a slight popping noise) to the unromantic cap ( a snapping noise close to bubble wrap popping).
There are those who believe that “quality wine” is not available in Stelvin (known further as “screw cap"), and “Oh there could never be a high end wine put into a bottle with a screw cap.” This false statement is proven wrong by well known names of the wine world. Oh you would like a few examples, o.k., first up would be PlumpJack Winery put half the production of the 2007 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon (priced at $130.00) under screw cap, Domaine Laroche of Chablis, have been bottling their Premier Crus and Grand Crus under screw cap since the 2001 vintage (price range $35.00 - $155.00)
Statistically speaking, a loss of product for a vineyard could be 2-15% under natural cork; why not use a closure that assures to keep wine safe, clean and easily accessed without a cork screw. Taking into consideration that 75% of wine purchased in the U.S. is opened within 20 minutes of purchase, it could be prudent to use screw caps
In the future, when the wine associate suggests a wine with a screw cap, take a deep breath and maybe a leap of faith, you may have just have found your next favorite wine.
Thanks for reading….
“Tip the Glass” and enjoy a bit of wine from under a screw cap…
