Screw Top Wine
Posted by: garyi on 29 February 2004
Using my typical lack of observation this weekend I purchased two different wines but noth with screw tops.
Both tasted shit.
Just unlucky or is there something with cheap metal tops that don't allow the wine to breath?
Both tasted shit.
Just unlucky or is there something with cheap metal tops that don't allow the wine to breath?
Posted on: 02 March 2004 by Dan M
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Originally posted by garyi:
Yes its by screwpull and its bloody marvelous, totally over engineered and not a bit of plastic on it. Its the LM 2000 and can be found out http://www.screwpull.co.uk/
Or one of the many good quality knock offs that are out there now that their patent has expired. Ours by Arcosteel cost $40- and is brilliant.
The one by Rabbit is around $80.
Dan
Posted on: 02 March 2004 by count.d
http://lakeside-bikes.com/site/itemdetails.cfm?ID=550&Catalog=39
This is the best corkscrew. Made for/by the Italian bike specialists Campagnolo.
It's actually much larger than it appears in the pic. It's 12" long. It has a collar which centres and holds the neck steady. The lever movement is a doddle on all corks and even my feeble girlfriend has never had any trouble removing corks. I've had mine for four years and love it.
We were at a house party on New Years Eve where the host had one of those crap Screwpull crappy things and we all laughed (incl host) all night at how crap they worked. That's how interesting we are!
This is the best corkscrew. Made for/by the Italian bike specialists Campagnolo.
It's actually much larger than it appears in the pic. It's 12" long. It has a collar which centres and holds the neck steady. The lever movement is a doddle on all corks and even my feeble girlfriend has never had any trouble removing corks. I've had mine for four years and love it.
We were at a house party on New Years Eve where the host had one of those crap Screwpull crappy things and we all laughed (incl host) all night at how crap they worked. That's how interesting we are!
Posted on: 02 March 2004 by Dan M
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Originally posted by count.d:
We were at a house party on New Years Eve where the host had one of those crap Screwpull crappy things and we all laughed (incl host) all night at how crap they worked. That's how interesting we are!
Really? Did you read the instructions? They work amazingly well. Surely this a troll. Since I have campy gruppos on two of my bikes, I can see the appeal of their opener, but $200! come on!
Dan
ps. hummmm where's that pepper mill thread...
Posted on: 16 March 2004 by Stuart M
A bad cork destroys wine - so plastic or screw top is better for most wines
But, the best wines of all have corks (Vintage ????).
Cork is known to be a problem with fine wine but does the permeability of cork play a part in making a wine reach excellence or not? A 100% switch to plastic/switch top could prevent wines reaching their best. Alternatively what we think to be the best wines could have been better is they used plastic or screw corks in the past.
So far, if a wine is to be drunk in a few years from production - I've no issue with a cork that isn't (so far) have no idea over the long term. Before I would make a judgement, I want to see what happens to a fine burgundy in 60 years time after comparing say several examples of bottles with a screw top and others with a cork. My guess is on average, plastic or screw will win, but for the top 1% cork will have it.
Please report results in 60 years time via your local medium ;-)
But, the best wines of all have corks (Vintage ????).
Cork is known to be a problem with fine wine but does the permeability of cork play a part in making a wine reach excellence or not? A 100% switch to plastic/switch top could prevent wines reaching their best. Alternatively what we think to be the best wines could have been better is they used plastic or screw corks in the past.
So far, if a wine is to be drunk in a few years from production - I've no issue with a cork that isn't (so far) have no idea over the long term. Before I would make a judgement, I want to see what happens to a fine burgundy in 60 years time after comparing say several examples of bottles with a screw top and others with a cork. My guess is on average, plastic or screw will win, but for the top 1% cork will have it.
Please report results in 60 years time via your local medium ;-)