[johniegrad]

When profit margins are low, loss from corks becomes more important. Some vintners are looking at fifteen percent loss because of bad closures. Screwtops are the wave of the future, like them or not.

[wingman1]

"Screwtops are the wave of the future, like them or not."

THat's fine with me. I'm not in the market for 25 year old wine anyway.

give me what tastes good and isn't too expensive.

With the glut, maybe I won't have to pay that hefty $8 a bottle. $6 or $7 is much better. ;>)

[Junior]

What sucks is when you don't realize it's a screw top and put your corkscrew through it.

[Ichneumon]

When profit margins are low, loss from corks becomes more important. Some vintners are looking at fifteen percent loss because of bad closures.

Does that apply also to the synthetic "corks", or just the real ones?

[ArrogantBustard]

As a matter of aesthetics and tradition, I loathe screwcaps, dislike plastic "corks", and am suspicious of composite "corks".

As an engineer, I can only recognise that the composite and plastic cork are vastly superior to monolithic corks, and screw caps beat them all.

[Physicist]

Screwtops are the wave of the future, like them or not.

Or airtight plastic bags with dispenser valves. I'm partial to Black Box wines, myself. Reasonably cheap, high quality, and you can drink occasional glasses over a period of weeks, with the last glass as fresh as the first.