July 26, 2007

Screw Caps Are All Right

Found a great story on the use of screw caps on red wine bottles. With some great struggle some folks have finally learned to accept whites (wines you typically open and enjoy on the sooner side) in screw cap bottles, but there's still some hesitation in terms of red. People say you're more likely to lay away your reds, which is why they don't like screw tops. We're saying the screw caps work as well or better than corks, which can dry out.

Our two cents? The future is here, baby, so get with it.

Read the article at Seattle Times

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Comments

Unfortunately, screwcaps have almost 4 times the carbon imprint of a cork though due to the manufacturing process.

Cork forests are very well maintained and grown by the industry. The forests harbor some pretty unique animals and if the demand for the corks goes down, the forests will just be cleared. The forests support 42 bird species and 60 plant species, plus the endangered Spanish imperial eagle and Iberian lynx.

Screwcap's are made from a finite resource whereas cork is made from a nearly infinite resource because the bark of the oak is stripped without harming the tree, allowing it to produce more cork (and also trapping more CO2 in the process).

Screwcaps blow.

Posted by: Rick at July 26, 2007 9:17 PM