And according to screw cap enthusiasts, the science establishing the ability of screw caps to seal and perform well goes back to the 1980s. Sponsor Message So, what's the rule of thumb when it ...

Can you really judge a bottle of wine based on the closure used to seal it? You’re not supposed to, but a lot of us do, ...

You can certainly age wines with screwcaps. I’ve done it for years, and I’ve also sat through many vertical tastings of wines bottled under screwcap. In general, wines under screwcap age more slowly ...

France is to thank for the screwcap. In 1959, a French company patented then released the metal closure for wine bottles that opens with the twist of your wrist, no corkscrew needed. When wine ...

While screw-cap wine enclosures have been around since the 1950s, they’ve historically been associated with cheap hooch, so for a lot of people the sight of a screw-capped bottle telegraphs ...

When we host wine tastings, we are often asked our thoughts on screw cap wines as opposed to the more traditional cork. Being New Yorkers, we respond with questions of our own, which are ...

Screw caps may no longer be identified solely with wines from the New World. The New Zealand Screwcap Initiative, which helped popularize the alternative wine closure among winemakers and consumers in ...

Intuitively recyclable. Reasonably recyclable. For inside the tiny screw cap lies a humbling truth. We can recycle all we want. But it's an imperfect system. We drink the wine. We rinse the bottle.

FIONA SIMS Now, I know many of you are still getting your heads around the screwcap. Its presence in the on-trade is increasing significantly year on... Now, I know many of you are still getting your ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Which is the better stopper for wine bottles, cork or screwcap? The fierce debate on this topic that raged ...