Phantomind -> RE: How long can a bottle be upright? (1/29/2008 9:15:48 PM)
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Dear fingers, You state “the inferiority of cork over other closures”. What other closures? Synthetic cork? Screw cap? Something else? I am against the screw cap, but mostly for aesthetic reasons, not because I don’t think they work. I understand that there are some problems with cork and that good cork is becoming rare. I am not against alternate closures, but I have not seen anything other than the screw cap yet. And there is still little information on how well a wine will age with a screw cap or other non cork closure. As far as corked wines, I am at <1%. It therefore seems to me that corks are fine. Some say that the problem with TCA is now in the wineries as much as the cork and that contamination can happen with screw caps. How much of a problem is it with CT? At what point is it really a problem that needs a new closure? Yes, I know that a corked wine is the worst problem ever as you realize that the beautiful wine you just opened is junk. But it is the same if you accidentally drop the bottle and it broke. So, maybe we should put our wine in plastic. Hey, then maybe we can put it in plastic bags inside of boxes with little spigots on them and we can dispense only what we want! Yes, this is being done, but does it have the same satisfaction of opening a great bottle of wine? Tradition is important for me, but evolution is important too. So, what are our alternatives? Has anyone seen any good options out there? And, fingers, I am defiantly not picking on you, this is really a question to the CT community, and I am looking forward to reading what all of you think on this topic. Raul
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