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In Reply to: NZ sauvingnon blanc! What the...? posted by Worldman on December 8, 2004 at 06:29:36:
Newbilong,Yes, this is what I have since been told: that some NZ wine producers were "forcing" the acceptance of screw caps by just using them. I didn't know there was a shortage of good cork but have been told by a winemaker (AOK_Farmer) that screw cap was the IDEAL way to seal a wine bottle.
Brom,
I had never seen screw caps on wine over $2 a bottle (& thankfully haven't seen any of those $2 bottles for ~35 years). I "assumed" that a screw cap meant that the producer expected his wine to be cheap (a la Ripple) and didn't know of this little "uprising" down under.
I do not consider a $19 or $13 bottle of wine to be "cheap".
Worldman
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There are a few NZ & Aus winemakers who are concerned that screwcaps inhibit the graceful ageing of wines because they don't allow slow and gradual oxidation of the wines. For wines that are generally drunk young, this should not be a problem. For premium wines that are aged under right conditions with quality corks, there may not be an advantage in screwcaps.There are a couple of wine critics who think that wines bottled young retain too much volatility under screwcap. i guess this is something that winemakers have to learn how to handle.
Also, there are reports of occasional problems with screwcap damage -- the cap is not sealed properly or is damaged during handling, so air gets in and the wine oxidises rapidly. i haven't come across this problem yet, so it's probably a LOT less common than corkage.
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