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Re: NZ sauvingnon blanc! What the...?

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In Reply to: NZ sauvingnon blanc! What the...? posted by Worldman on December 8, 2004 at 06:29:36:

"All this in what was, I assume, supposed to be a cheap bottle."
Why would you assume that a $19 bottle of wine was supposed to be "a cheap bottle"? Did you think they mis-priced it?
Heck it wasn't even cheap on sale being >$10.
It couldn't have been the screw-top, because the time you found out it had a screw-top, you already knew that it wasn't "a cheap bottle".
I am not familiar with this wine, but I can tell you that you should no longer be surprised to find good wine in bottles using any variety of closure methods.
I have had top quality German wines sealed with crown caps - you know, like a beer bottle.
I think we will find '2nd New World' wines (from Oz, NZ and South Africa) leading the way in abandoning natural cork closures.

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Re: NZ sauvingnon blanc! What the...? - topoxforddoc 16:05:50 06/01/05 (0)
Screw caps or corks - which is best? It's true that up to 1:10 corks can be bad leading to corked wine; this is not particularly troublesome when you're drinking really cheap wine, say less than USD 7 per bottle. But when you have a bottle worth USD 100, you'd be pretty p***ed off. Screw caps are great for wines which should be consumed early eg most sauvignon blancs. However, it's different for wines needing many years in the bottle eg First growth red Bordeaux, Big Aussie reds (D'Arenberg Dead Arm Shiraz) or even some wines with finesse like pinot noirs. In the US, many world class wines are made esp in Russian River; some of the Pinot Noirs I've tasted have been top class; I started my wine tasting at the age of 7 at the Sunday Lunch table drinking Red Burgundy. At the end of the day, you have to remember that most wine is consumed within a few days of buying. Very few people keep substabtial amounts of wine for many years in a cellar.

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