PORTLAND — It’s the main event in the battle over how to close a bottle of wine: Cork vs. screw cap. To some, it’s a matter of style. To others, it’s an issue of quality. And now, it’s a question of ...

In recent years, a growing number of wine makers are using screw caps rather than natural corks. The trend worries natural cork producers who have mounted an ad campaign targeting Northern California ...

If you're a wine drinker, you've probably noticed that screw caps are no longer considered the closure just for cheap vino. Increasingly, bottles of very good wines are unscrewed, rather than uncorked ...

Do you need a natural cork when it comes to high-end red wines that are going to be cellared for many years?-- Jim Heimann, Roseland A decade ago, your question would have made no sense. What else ...

Few winemakers will argue that screw caps have a lower failure rate and better consistency than cork, but when both do the job they're supposed to (sealing a wine bottle properly), the wines beneath ...

At one time there was no question about how best to close a wine bottle; you simply put a cork in it. Today, winemakers have more choices. Besides natural cork, the options include synthetic stopper, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bryan Gardner It's a hot-button issue among wine lovers: Should you purchase wine that's sealed with a cork or a screw cap? Before ...

I love the new screw-off caps -- they make life so much easier. I find them hard to find, though. Do you? My main question, however, is about the artificial corks. My bottle opener always gets stuck ...

An article incorrectly characterized the compound that can give wine a moldy, musty aroma. The cork taint compound is 2, 4, 6 trichloroanisole. Cork’s biggest drawback is the possibility of a taint ...

There is a strong Asterix vibe to the annual cork oak harvest of the Alentejo in Portugal. Deep into one of the 350 remaining cork oak forests (in my case Herdade dos Fidalgos, near Lisbon) sometime ...

If you're a wine drinker, you've probably noticed that screw caps are no longer considered the closure just for cheap vino. Increasingly, bottles of very good wines are unscrewed, rather than uncorked ...