[Growwine] Unusual topic, but

[Wayne Holland]

I've been using bottle caps for 20 years. A bit of an uphill climb to  
begin when I brought out a crown capped bottle, but the contents  
proved the concept.  In 1986 a friend and I made a very good barrel  
of Zinfandel from California grapes and we decided to do the  
definitive test. A dozen under cork, a dozen crown capped in 750 mL  
Andres sparkling wine bottles (regular cap). We have opened them  
blind over the years with friends and ALWAYS got the opinion that the  
crown cap tasted 'better'. Luck held and no corks failed. The last 2  
went 4 years ago. Steinlager beer is a great bottle. I do a lot into  
Corona bottles. No label to soak off, easy to see if clean, nice size  
for dinner.

cheers, wayne
On 2-Jul-08, at 4:03 PM, Larry Paterson wrote:

> Does anyone know of a Canadian supplier who can access the European  
> size crown caps (the 29 mm size, not the more usual 26 mm we see  
> here in Canada on beer bottles and sparkling wine).  Also, does  
> anyone know where a capper or adaptor could be found to use these  
> caps?
>
> I think that keeping 1-3 year wines in such containers (assuming  
> you can locate the right bottles) would be a very wallet -and - 
> environment friendly way to bottle wines.  Think of that riesling  
> or gewurz, vidal or prairie star that you will drink over the next  
> three years.  Why not a bottle cap?
>
>
> Lardy
>
> Larry Paterson, lfw, rd, adcc
> (Little Fat Wino, Roving Drunk, Alcohol Distribution Channels Critic)
>
> http://www.littlefatwino.com/
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