Screw caps provide accessibility and corks bring tradition. But what do each actually do to the taste of your wine? Food & Wine / Getty Images Corks and screw caps have similar functions: to keep wine ...

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 ...

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 ...

While there is an undeniable romance to opening a bottle of wine sealed with natural cork, more and more wineries around the world are switching to screw caps or plastic corks due to cost concerns and ...

Before we tip a glass or two for this conversation, I want to disclose that I am not a sommelier by any stretch of the imagination. However, in a past career as a sales associate, I needed to learn ...

Don't just haphazardly hack at a wine bottle's foil. The right way to cut it off is easy and makes it look like you actually ...

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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 ...

Sir, – A recent letter (August 17th) queries the decision in the 1960s to replace the cork in a bottle of stout with a cap. In days gone by the bottling of stout and champagne was similar in that both ...