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Screw caps cork and plastic

We all like the sound of pulling a cork out of the bottle. While screw caps can't equal the cork in terms of sound & ceremony they do remove the possibility of faulty wine and thereby offer better consistent quality. Two things ruin wine after bottling. "Corked wine" is when a bacterial infection in the cork makes the wine taste of damp cardboard and "Bottle Variation" where bottles in the same case vary by huge amounts. Screw caps stop both in their tracks. There is an argument for corks for people who lay down their wine but most people go for young, fruity wines to drink immediately. The only people complaining are the resturant trade. Without the ceremonial opening of the bottle how will they justify the three times mark up vs the high street... Perhaps a solution is a new type of closure called the Zork, invented in Australia. It has the attributes & advantages of a screw cap with the sound & ceremony of a cork. Watch out for it next vintage.