Will screw caps take over the world?

[Thomas]

Drew, one thing wrong with the synthetics that wineries don't like--the plastic things have proven good for no more than 4 or 5 years aging. They are fine for most wines, but risky for wines with an intended life span.

Plus, they don't work so well with all corkscrews...

WW, I just read two articles in Wines and Vines where, in each one, producers switching from cork to synthetic claimed they lose from 3 to 5% of their production to cork taint.

A lot of the taint is apparnetly caught at the winery before distribution.

When I produced wine I lost 1 to 2% to taint, and that accounted only for what I caught before it went into the market.

[This message has been edited by foodie (edited 11-19-2005).]