Screw caps provide accessibility and corks bring tradition. But what do each actually do to the taste of your wine? Food & Wine / Getty Images Corks and screw caps have similar functions: to keep wine ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

If you're a wine drinker, you've probably noticed that screw caps are no longer considered the closure just for cheap vino. Increasingly, bottles of very good wines are unscrewed, rather than uncorked ...

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 ...

A: Knowing there’s rarely a simple answer when it comes to wine, I reached out to an expert at the University of California at Davis and asked your question. “Yes,” replied Andrew Waterhouse, a ...

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 ...