It's a hot-button issue among wine lovers: Should you purchase wine that's sealed with a cork or a screw cap? Before we get into the pros and cons of each, it's important to understand the history ...

Screw tops and corks aren’t a quality shortcut. They control oxygen, consistency, and aging style, which can change how wine ...

Don’t judge a wine by its cap. In this video, we break down the pros and cons of screw caps over corks for that bottle of ...

Are screw caps or corks better for wine? 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 ...

At one time there was no question about how best to close a wine bottle; you simply put a cork in it. Today, winemakers have more choices. Besides natural cork, the options include synthetic stopper, ...

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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 ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. A shift is brewing in the world of wine. Bottles traditionally sealed with a cork are appearing, ...

My feelings about screw caps on wine have been complicated. I know that good wine can be under a screw cap, but I also have had fear of the screw cap. Will people think I’m cheap or have bad taste in ...

Aug. 6, 2002 — -- At a recent tasting of luxury boutique wines on the Hawaiian island of Maui, John Conover, general manager of the PlumpJack Vineyard of Oakville, Calif., stood accused. "A lady ...