Cork or screw???

[DJ85]

What do you prefer when opening a bottle?

Down at the local shop I’ve just noticed that the bottle of prosecco I usually buy has came out in a screw lid.
Exact same type, exact amount but 50p cheaper per bottle.

So which would have go for? I’ve heard bottle with corks that you pop are fresher but that could just be crap!

Anyways I went for the cork as that’s what I’m used to

 

[robfosters]

Screw top doesn’t feel like proper wine. I like that satisfying pop of a cork myself.

 

[Thekwango]

screw top if you're necking a bottle of 1.99 dog pee out of a blue bag in the park.

 

[Scam]

I always like the people in restaurants that take an exaggerated length of time to decide if the wine they've ordered is corked or not... 10 seconds after the waiter has undone the screw-cap in front of them

 

[Diddums]

Depends which butler is on. James prefers cork but Carla loves a good screw.

 

[ThriceNightly]

Screw top is more practical. Far easier to open and close.

 

[Kronos]

Cork for the pretentious and screw top for everyone else.

 

[Dave M]

When I was in Oz more often the expensive wines were screw top - they don't care for tradition so much. It makes no difference to the contents, if it's the same wine, same year, but 50p cheaper, you'd be a mug not to.

 

[200sols]

It’s much nicer to open a cork bottle, it’s just a nicer experience.

 

[d_brennen]

Screw top is more practical. Far easier to open and close.

Why does one ever need to close a bottle of wine?

 

[Diddums]

Why does one ever need to close a bottle of wine?

My thoughts exactly

 

[touch]

Never had a screw top prosecco before but I guess it's easier to let the pressure out slowly with that than you can do with a cork? It's easy to spill a little when removing a cork if the bottle has been shaken at all.

 

[dl8860]

If you're going cheap, screw top is better as at that price, too much of a % of the bottle cost is going in to the cork not the wine.

Have never seen a screw top for Prosecco or other sparkling wine OP, is it just as fizzy?

 

[paradigm]

What about those rubber cork things, better or worse than screw top?

And those odd resealable pop off tops?

 

[Dis86]

I always like the people in restaurants that take an exaggerated length of time to decide if the wine they've ordered is corked or not... 10 seconds after the waiter has undone the screw-cap in front of them

Not sure if serious

 

[DJ85]

Why does one ever need to close a bottle of wine?

Correct once it’s open it’s as good as done it’s just a £7 bottle of prosecco Vs the £6.50 screw top

 

[DJ85]

Have never seen a screw top for Prosecco or other sparkling wine OP, is it just as fizzy?

I’m not to sure I went for the cork bottle again as I wasn’t sure, maybe I will buy it the next time just to see

 

[Scam]

Not sure if serious

Um, if it's a screw top then it's not exactly going to be corked is it... Or are you one of the people that think you're tasting the wine to see if you like it or not?

 

[Dis86]

Um, if it's a screw top then it's not exactly going to be corked is it... Or are you one of the people that think you're tasting the wine to see if you like it or not?

Oh...You are serious! Suggest you have a quick read up on what it actually means and how it occurs.

 

[Scam]

Oh...You are serious! Suggest you have a quick read up on what it actually means and how it occurs.

Well when people say "corked" they are just talking about oxidation yes? The chances of that happening in a screw-top are far, far less likely. Almost to the point of being impossible. What's your point?