Comments on: The Case for Screwcaps

By: Saunders

Saunders — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:50:33 +0000

While the stelinv closure has not yet proven itself in the range of wines that can age for multiple decades, the folks at Plumpjack have been bottling the their reserve in split 6 packs (3 screw caps. 3 corks) as early as 1997 I believe. To my knowledge one of the first California producers to adopt the screw cap for their premium flagship wine (about $125/bt retail, up $400 wine list). Every year the winemaking team blind tastes these wines and to date none of them have been able to accurately distinguish every bottle as cork or screw cap. While only time will tell it seems that these wines have already passed the eight year test, which is about when most premium wines will start to spread their wings.

By: john

john — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 09:16:23 +0000

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By: Derrick Schneider

Derrick Schneider — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 19:23:29 +0000

Actually, if you talk to Australians, they’d take exception to the notion that only corks have proven longevity over more than 7 years. Though I’ve not tried any, I know a number of people who’ve had Aussie screwcapped wines that are a decade or more old. They report the wines are very fresh and vibrant.

By: Leab

Leab — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 05:12:27 +0000

It’s amazing to me how many people will ignore a wine completely just because of a screwcap. One of my favorite white wines (Conundrum) is a screwcap.
I think, however, that the reason is because it used to be that the cheaper wines were screwcaps. Same thing with Box Wines. You say, “Franzia,” and people run. However, Black Box Wine is quite delicious, even though it’s in a box.
It will be interesting to see how many wineries change to screwcap now that it’s “in”.