preconceptions

[whirligigwitch]

Is it very snobbish of me to assume that any wine that comes in a screw top bottle will be cheap and nasty plonk?

It's not, it's actually a pretty nice Pinot Grigio, but I expect my wine to have corks. Traditional, I am.

Comments

[jpmccusker.livejournal.com]

I think that a lot of wineries are taking a "wait and see" approach. They don't know yet if a wine will last for long enough in a screw top, so I imagine they have bottled a few with it and have set it aside for a later comparison. The same thing is true with plastic stoppers, which have gained acceptance here (and makes collecting corks for trivets and such more difficult). Most local wineries and mid end vinters (like Rosemount or Opal, from Oz) are using them here, but there are still a lot of traditionalists here. Most CA wineries use plastic stoppers for their low end stuff (like Beringer) but not somewhere like Mondavi.