Are screw caps actually better for wine?

In recent years, a growing number of wine makers are using screw caps rather than natural corks. The trend worries natural cork producers who have mounted an ad campaign targeting Northern California ...

To cork or to cap? It’s a big question for wine producers that has been rapidly fermenting among oenophiles and growers from the hallowed cellars of Bordeaux, up the slopes of sunny California and ...

A decade ago, many wineries started using screw caps as closures on wine bottles. They were rebelling against a spate of poor-quality corks that ruined wine. A “corked” wine has been spoiled by a ...

SPOKANE — They don’t stand on snobbishness when it comes to making wine at Washington State University (WSU). For the past six years, every wine made by a WSU enology student or researcher has come ...

While browsing for wines, your instinct may be to reach for the bottles that require a corkscrew rather than those with a screw cap. But which is actually better: bottles under cork, or bottles under ...

We’ve all been there—the comical struggle with a wine bottle’s cork. Of course, it never happens when you’re alone, enjoying a glass or two in the comfort of your home. It always happens when you have ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. A: It is 100 per cent safe to store screw-capped bottles upright. The wadding under the aluminium ...

Screw cap wines have reached record numbers recently. Even luxury wines up to $100 are using screw caps, with the Aussies leading the way. Meanwhile the use of naturally corked bottles continues to ...