People generally idealize the cork wine and believe that screw top wine is cheap wine. This is just a misconception that people have built without knowing the facts.
These days more prestigious winemakers are using the screw top wine bottle as the cork in wine bottles can allow oxygen to penetrate the bottle. This oxidation of the wine can and will ruin the wine. By using the screw top this problem is eliminated.
Screw tops are now considered as an alternative to organic cork. These screw top wine bottles closures mainly have aluminum alloy casing as its outer layer with an extended liner made of polyethylene. When the cap is squeezed, the liner is compressed thereby creating an airtight seal. This is exactly what the cork does.
Pros of screw top wine
• They are very handy and can easily be removed with a swift twist. Not much skill is required to open a bottle. It can be done without a corkscrew.
• They are basically re-sealable.
• Works with both white and red wines.
• Somewhere between 2% and 8% of wine sealed with a cork are affected with the problem of tainting. But screw top wine bottles makes chances of tainting nil.
• Screw tops are designed for long-term aging requirements.
• They conserve fruitiness, bouquet, improves quality consistency and character of the wine.
• These bottles can be stored upright or on side by side.
• Screw-caps wine bottles have an added advantage of allowing the winery to specifically set the tension of the cap on the bottle.
• One will never have a problem of cork bits floating in the glass and getting trapped in one’s teeth.
• One can optimize the screw-cap to allow in just as much air as you need simply by adjusting the tension between the soft plastic interior of the screw-cap and the neck of the wine bottle.
Cons of screw top wine
• There is no popping with a screw top wine bottle when opened.
• Screw top wine bottles are mainly good for low-grade red or white wines. Red wines do not age well for long-term lacking corks. Though this point has always been contradictory, many still believe that screw top wines do not age well.
• One needs to convert capital equipment for screw top bottling line that can be expensive for small producers.
Author: Patricia Fioriello (83 Articles)
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