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Do you regularly buy, consume and enjoy decent red wine?

Cork versus Screwcaps for good red wine?

  • I'll only buy screwcapped red wines.

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • I'll only buy red wine stoppered with cork.

    Votes: 2 7.1%
  • I'll buy either, doesn't matter to me.

    Votes: 10 35.7%
  • Depends on the wine, I know what I like.

    Votes: 16 57.1%

  • Total voters
    28


KT17

New member
Apr 19, 2014
591
By which I mean red wines above say £9.00?

I'm interested in attitudes to screwcaps versus corks...
 














Westdene Seagull

aka Cap'n Carl Firecrotch
NSC Patreon
Oct 27, 2003
20,938
The arse end of Hangleton
I wouldn't generally spend £9 on a bottle of wine unless it was in a restaurant although I do tend to bring most my wine back from my regular visits to France. There you can pick a really decent bottle for around 4 Euros. I'm not bothered about screwtop v cork but it is noticeable that virtually all French wines use corks.
 


Normal Rob

Well-known member
Jul 8, 2003
5,644
Somerset
Yes. My average bottle price is around £10, with £25 being my (rare) top end. As screw tops are fairly new, they only top young wines. As good wines improve with age it is still hard to say if screw tops will allow a good wine to develop in the way that natural cork does. So your question cannot really be answered yet, though those with a more scientific mind would go into detail on airflow through the cork not being replicated in a 100% airtight screw top.
 




Gregory2Smith1

J'les aurai!
Sep 21, 2011
5,476
Auch
you should really decanter decent wine,instead of just taking the cork off
 


mxs_harrow

New member
Jan 20, 2009
195
HA5
Tend to judge a (red) wine by reviews/awards etc..
A quick look at the weekend papers will always yield some recommendations.

Some of the cheaper (especially when discounted on promotion) ones still have Decanter Magazine Gold/Silver/Bronze award stickers on them.

Plus decanting into a 250 ml or 500 ml carafe first to let it breathe will also help.

CORRECTION - with the latest Government health guidelines, a 175 ml glass/carafe is the largest size allowable.....
 


Gregory2Smith1

J'les aurai!
Sep 21, 2011
5,476
Auch
a little tip for french wines

if it's half decent it should have Recoultant on top of the label

if it just has numbers,then it's basically table wine
 




supaseagull

Well-known member
Feb 19, 2004
9,609
The United Kingdom of Mile Oak
By which I mean red wines above say £9.00?

I'm interested in attitudes to screwcaps versus corks...

I would never buy a bottle of red from a supermarket for more than £9 although the only exception to this would be a good bottle of Rioja.

There's no difference between cork and screwtops and that's been chemically proven
 


Barry Izbak

U.T.A.
Dec 7, 2005
7,310
Lancing By Sea
No.
 


Eggmundo

U & I R listening to KAOS
Jul 8, 2003
3,466
Joined Laithwaites for their introductory offer last year, worked out around £50 (half price) for 12 really nice wines. They come some with corks, some with screwtops. Reading the magazines, there isn't really much in it other than a screw top won't be corked (pretty obvious really). There is still some stigma to the caps but as already mentioned it should be allowed to breathe before quaffing anyway.

Now I keep cancelling my subscription and signing up family members to redo the introductory offers. Well worth it!
 




Normal Rob

Well-known member
Jul 8, 2003
5,644
Somerset
a little tip for french wines

if it's half decent it should have Recoultant on top of the label

if it just has numbers,then it's basically table wine

I'm hoping that the fact that it is not written on top of the 2 bottles of Rothschild grand cru classe means that it is very decent, not half decent, or table wine.
 


Fungus

Well-known member
NSC Patreon
May 21, 2004
7,038
Truro
Talking about the stopper is missing the point of wine.
 


Gregory2Smith1

J'les aurai!
Sep 21, 2011
5,476
Auch
I'm hoping that the fact that it is not written on top of the 2 bottles of Rothschild grand cru classe means that it is very decent, not half decent, or table wine.

well I was referring to affordable wines not Grand Cru
 


Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle
NSC Patreon
Oct 8, 2003
49,331
Faversham
Sorry I voted. Didn't look at the OP identity. :ffsparr:
 









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