[kj] OT: Wine bottle corks

[fatpotanga]

On 4 Dec 2007, at 18:18, Christof hamille wrote:


> Isn't there something about real corked wines being rare as the  

> material is becoming scarcer?


very probably. I've not heard that but it would certainly make sense.
I would guess that synthetic corks or screw caps are significantly  
cheaper & that would be the main driving factor in many cases.
I forget the figures involved but I read that a lot of wine producers  
were losing X% in 'corked' wine each year so many are switching to  
screw caps which eliminates this.
I guess the same being so with synthetic corks.
After getting over the initial snob value of wine without a cork I  
inwardly sigh now if I have to get a cork screw out.
They are certainly no longer the 'head wear' of choice for the cheap  
& nasty with a lot of middle to reasonably high end wines sporting them.
As someone pointed out to me if when bottled wine had first sprung  
into being there was a choice between screw caps or corks there'd e  
no discussion.

I like wine.
It makes me happy.

off on a tangent, one of my fave quotes is by Benjamin Franklin   
"Beer is the proof that god loves us & wants us to be happy"

i go... [waves]
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