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Screw cap attitude | July 5, 12:50 pm   
  


"While I was shopping for Italian white wines to highlight in this month's Wine Focus in our WineLovers Discussion Group, a funny thought crossed my mind: Nowadays, I generally prefer to see a screw cap on most bottles of wine. The simple reality is that a screw cap all but guarantees that the wine in the bottle - barring great age or a freak accident - will be fresh and clean as the wine maker intended. " Source: wineloverspage.com


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I've come across about 2-3 "corked" bottles in the last 18 months or so and 2 bad "twist" caps, though one was on a brandy of some sort. Are twist caps good? Sure. But so are corks, which I understand, have gotten even better in quality in the last couple of years.

July 5, 10:43 pm


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