Originally posted by justawalker55: That is funny. I bought some 2004 Merlot at the same place from Sonoma for $3.99 and some Aussie blend for $3.99 as well. It was all good. I wont drink or smoke anything no matter how cheap if I dont like it. That being said All of the cheap stuff was very good. Btw the Twin Fin was the only bottle with the screw top.I guess screw is OK with me!!!!
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Originally posted by mellison: Wow, Twin Fin. Funny you mentioned that brand. That was the last bottle of wine I bought with a screw cap before I began my stupid boycott. Good stuff indeed! $1.99 abottle is a great bargain.
Trader Joe's Wine shop has some great wines for under $10.00. Most are between $5-7
Thank you I think I will order it. Look like a good read.BTW Trader Joe is 1 block from my house and I love it!! Thanks
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Originally posted by justawalker55: That is funny. I bought some 2004 Merlot at the same place from Sonoma for $3.99 and some Aussie blend for $3.99 as well. It was all good. I wont drink or smoke anything no matter how cheap if I dont like it. That being said All of the cheap stuff was very good. Btw the Twin Fin was the only bottle with the screw top.I guess screw is OK with me!!!!
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Originally posted by mellison: Wow, Twin Fin. Funny you mentioned that brand. That was the last bottle of wine I bought with a screw cap before I began my stupid boycott. Good stuff indeed! $1.99 abottle is a great bargain.
Trader Joe's Wine shop has some great wines for under $10.00. Most are between $5-7
I like Twin Fin as well. I wish I could find it for two bucks a bottle! Trader Joe's is where I buy a majority of my wine. They have a decent collection at a resonable price. I'd probably try to buy some more higher priced stuff if my wife would drink it more.
Originally posted by flashman: Nostalgia apart, screw caps only have advantages compared to corks, especially when it comes to aging.
There's nothing worse than keeping a bottle of wine for a few years, and then opening to find that it turned bad... Or buying a good bottle of wine at the store, and opening it to find that it's "corked" - which is much more frequent than 5%, but that many people won't notice, thinking that it's the wine's taste.
Anyway, with screw caps, no oxydation, no "corking", no dry corks, no vinegar... And, once removed, doesn't really change the look of your bottle on the table.
I am very traditional but must agree with you on this. No more corks!
I think for premium wines that require 15-20 years of aging cork will stay, until someone does a study that found no difference between cork and caps in the aging of wine. I have no problem drinking wines with caps when not require long term aging.
When I lived in CA I never bought screw tops. Not that I didn't want to, but all the local wineries used corked. Now that I moved to Utah, my girl and I found a really good screw top wine at the local state alcohol store. We buy it quiet a bit now.
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I was up in Niagara Falls not too long ago and hit a bunch of the vineyards (I know, Niagara Falls and wine???). I asked "What's with all the screw caps?" The answer I got was that most vineyards count on 10% spoilage with corks, and the screw caps cut down on said spoilage a LOT.
Methinks that corks are slowly going the way of the dodo bird - simple economics for the vineyards!
I too prefer corks, but who am I to argue with enhanced quality???
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