[Growwine] Wine Bottle Closures

[Paul Bulas]

I will add that as a consumer, I have had okay luck with solid, high-quality cork - although two recent good wines I bought had good corks and ... they were badly corked!!  More and more I am getting partial to the screwcap.  I definitely dislike synthetic corks - I get a vinyl-like plasticky thing in many of the wines; reds taste strangely thin under these plastic corks.  And besides, what do fake corks do that a screwcap can't do better? 


----- Original Message ----
From: John <winemaker at kacaba.com>
To: growwine at littlefatwino.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:26:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Growwine] Wine Bottle Closures


Most of the manufacturers of synthetic corks originally had some problems which may have ben addressed. The hard plastic corks (Supreme?) were dificult to remove and provided too much of a seal. Noma had their share of problems as well. We tested them and had oxidation problems, the skin curled up when inserted into the bottle, leakers, etc. They now have resolved most of these issues, I believe. They have 4 different ones that I am familiar with. The cheapest is really only for maximum 12 month storage so you have to choose the correct one to suit your needs. Sabate made the Altec and had lots of TCA problems that took years to resolve, but now they have a reasonably priced synthetic called the Diam and I have used them as an amateur for years. The KW Winemakers Club has gone through 20 or 30 thousand of these with no problems that I am aware of. Several wineries in the area use them.
 
At Kacaba, we use only good quality corks (cost about $.50 ea). If we were to choose an alternative , we woud go screw cap. We sell to a lot of licencees (restaraunts) and they tell us that they and their customers prefer corks first, then screw cap and finally synthetics.
 
John


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