Comments on The Boulder Wine Blog: Book Review: To Cork or Not To Cork

The best cork I hear comes from Portugal. Do the b...

2009-03-17T11:36:00.000-06:00

The best cork I hear comes from Portugal. Do the best wines always import thier cork from Portugal? What is it about Portugal's conditions that make thier cork trees so world famous.

This is a nice article,it is very difficult to say...

2008-06-14T01:35:00.000-06:00

This is a nice article,it is very difficult to say that how to drive the cork screw.But it is safe from oxidation by using cork
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Richard Arthur
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Thanks for the comment, Dan. I could not agree wi...

2008-02-22T13:56:00.629-07:00

Thanks for the comment, Dan. I could not agree with you more about how disappointing it is to open a corked bottle - especially from an older vintage that can not be returned. Keep in mind, though, that "corked" has become a catch all phrase for a multitude of defects including oxidation, cooked wine due to poor storage and infections of Brettanomyces and other unwanted microorganisms. True cork taint is caused by TCA, which can even originate in a winery's cellar. On the other hand, cork is clearly not a perfect closure and has earned a reputation as the likely suspect for a reason. I, too, am interested in the new glass closures, but for a red wine to age properly I believe it needs to be exposed to minute levels of oxygen over a long period of time, and cork seems to be the only closure capable of achieving this. However, when a closure is invented that keeps my wine safe from oxidation, allows it to properly age and eliminates TCA contamination from cork I'll gladly retire my corkscrew.

I think it's a tough decision for many. I for one...

2008-02-22T13:01:00.000-07:00

I think it's a tough decision for many. I for one love the romantic ritual or driving the corkscew through and hearing the soft "pop" of the cork, however that feeling completely disappears if the wine turns out to be corked, and is replaced by disappointment... not to mention loss of $$$.

I'd prefer to see the more expensive glass enclosures instead of a screwtop. Nothing worse than cellaring a expensive wine of a great vintage to find out it's corked a decade later.

Cheers,
Dan