Just a few of the topics we're working on for you. Hopefully one or more will be published this weekend. The wines of Hungary, including its incredible dessert wines The wines of Greece--it's not all ouzo Petite sirah--no, not a little syrah/shiraz Corks v. non-cork enclosures for your wine bottle ...

I was somewhat staggered to read yesterday in the March Australian and New Zealand Grapegrower and Winemaker an article on carbon emissions of screw tops and cork. The staggering part was the significant difference between the two; Natural cork at 2.490 kilograms per tonne and screw top at 10.633 kilograms per tonne. While I think it would be logical to conclude that there would naturally...

Forum: Wine Talk Posted By: mark rudner Post Time: 01-19-2007 at 05:53 PM

Forum: Wine Talk Posted By: Barry Sunderland Post Time: 05-27-2007 at 12:14 AM

Screw Top Lids So what about those convenient screw-top lids? Anyone who has been around for four decades knows that cheap wine comes with screw top caps and should be drunk while camouflaged ... that to—Creeek! Glug, glug. Your wine, sir. Ever try sniffing a plastic and aluminum screw top ... screw cap mean cheap wine. Many Australian, California , and even some Oregon wineries are using...

... quote [Up to three quarters of the unique cork oak forests of the Mediterranean could be lost within 10 years because of the increasing popularity of the screw-top wine bottle. ] -from: news.independent.co.uk Read the Full Story...

Well I did it. I drank my first French wine with a stelvin closure - a 2006 Ugni White Colombard from Tariquet. What did the screw top reveal once "popped?" Nothing less than a light, refreshing wine perfect for warm days. Reading the back label reveals that the wine is a perfect aperitif or accompaniment to charcuterie, fish and shellfish. "Balanced and light to satisfy moments of thirst...

Homage to Bonny Doon's use of screw top closures and a robust cork harvest this year...

If wine buffs were spluttering into their Merlot over the introduction of screw top bottles, they will be positively choking about the innovation Sainsbury’s is introducing next month: plastic b ottles...

The color is a very nice dark purple, with nice legs indicating a high alcohol content. It says 16.2% on the label. At first whiff, I smell only yeast. I think that comes from the screw top, as I’ve noticed that in the last few screw top wines that I’ve tasted right after opening them up. I...