To cork or to cap? It’s a big question for wine producers that has been rapidly fermenting among oenophiles and growers from the hallowed cellars of Bordeaux, up the slopes of sunny California and ...

There's no advantage to storing them horizontally - as you should do with bottles sealed under cork. I would recommend storing them vertically, for a couple of reasons. Many fine wines designed for ...

Whether you’re a casual wine drinker or you consider yourself more of a connoisseur, chances are you have your opinions about screw-cap bottles. As relative newcomers to the industry, there is a ...

Corks and screw caps have similar functions: to keep wine from going bad. But choosing one or the other can be divisive. Many argue that corks are the key to excellent aging. Others say that twist-top ...

The closure on a wine bottle signals more than tradition or convenience. Cork and screw caps manage oxygen in different ways, which can shape freshness, reduce certain faults, and influence how a wine ...

A: It is 100 per cent safe to store screw-capped bottles upright. The wadding under the aluminium cap – that little disc that sits inside the cap – is the seal and, unlike cork, doesn’t need to be wet ...

Occasionally, life offers perfect symmetry. The hotter it gets, the more we try to conserve energy and the more likely we are to seek out wines whose bottles don't require fishing out the foil cutter ...

While browsing for wines, your instinct may be to reach for the bottles that require a corkscrew rather than those with a screw cap. But which is actually better: bottles under cork, or bottles under ...

It's a suggestion likely to fall flat with wine lovers. Doctors say champagne bottles should come with screw caps to avoid the risk of eye injuries. With pressure three times of a car tyre, corks can ...