A Global Revolution
As Screwcap Closures gain in popularity, more and more wineries will adopt them, which in turn means growth for the companies that provide them. Alcan, a global Canadian aluminum company responsible for the Stelvin Closure, announced it’s plans to build a wine packaging plant in Adelaide, Australia to better serve the growing needs of Australia and New Zealand wineries moving to screwcaps. It seems this is becoming a global trend.
I personally enjoy screwcaps, especially for white wine. How many times have you fumbled with a cork to reinsert in a bottle of chilled white wine before placing it back in the cooler? Screwcaps make the task easy.
July 11th, 2005 at 3:59 pm
I personally do not like the idea of a screw cap. I do, however, see the benefits of it from a producers standpoint but I just don’t get the same nostalgic feeling from listening to a cap being loosened as I do from a cork being popped…POP! That’s the sound I like to hear from my wine! I believe it’s the first sense used when enjoying wine.
July 11th, 2005 at 5:18 pm
I can agree with you on the nostalgic feeling of a cork. I just opened a Petite Syrah from Quixote that employed a screw cap, and the feeling wasn’t the same. I felt empty and unfulfilled for a minute. Then, I pulled myself together, poured a couple of glasses, twisted the cap on and set the bottle on it’s side in the fridge to drop the temperature a few degrees. Thinking of that benefit, especially with white wines, makes me a believer in Screw Caps.