artificial corks

[winer]

I agree with Drew. There is something about the ritual of pulling a cork out of a bottle. Unscrewing a screw top will never be able to match that. Just think of all the wine waiters in fancy restaurants who will be out of a job ! ANYBODY (with the exception of IK) can unscrew a screw cap. [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/wink.gif[/img]

I think artificial corks will catch on much more easily than screw caps, assuming the problems with them can be resolved. Referring to a wine as “screw top” has been used as a put down for so long that it would
take a major selling effort by the industry as a whole to overcome the negative connotations.