Corks and screw caps have similar functions: to keep wine from going bad. But choosing one or the other can be divisive. Many argue that corks are the key to excellent aging. Others say that twist-top ...

The closure on a wine bottle signals more than tradition or convenience. Cork and screw caps manage oxygen in different ways, which can shape freshness, reduce certain faults, and influence how a wine ...

In recent years, a growing number of wine makers are using screw caps rather than natural corks. The trend worries natural cork producers who have mounted an ad campaign targeting Northern California ...

To cork or to cap? It’s a big question for wine producers that has been rapidly fermenting among oenophiles and growers from the hallowed cellars of Bordeaux, up the slopes of sunny California and ...

The first luxury wine with a metal screw cap is the Napa Valley's PlumpJack Cabernet Sauvignon, and it was a long time coming. For thousands of years, natural cork stoppers from cork trees, mostly in ...

Can you really judge a bottle of wine based on the closure used to seal it? You’re not supposed to, but a lot of us do, especially in the United States. A study done by the Cork Quality Council found ...

The days should be long gone when a screw-cap on a bottle of wine is greeted by sniffs of scorn. Because there’s absolutely no need to get sniffy about a closure that ensures the original aromas that ...

SPOKANE — They don’t stand on snobbishness when it comes to making wine at Washington State University (WSU). For the past six years, every wine made by a WSU enology student or researcher has come ...