What are the benefits of using screw caps for wine now? We all know that with the continuous development of the wine industry, more and more wine manufacturers have begun to abandon the most primitive corks and gradually choose to use screw caps. So what are the benefits of rotating wine caps for wine? Let’s take a look today.
1. Avoid the problem of cork pollution
If you spend a fortune on a fine bottle of wine to save for a special occasion, only to find out that the bottle has been tainted by cork, what could be more depressing Depressed? Cork contamination is caused by a chemical called trichloroanisole (TCA), which can be found in natural cork materials. Cork-stained wines smelled of mold and wet cardboard, with a 1 to 3 percent chance of this contamination. It is for this reason that 85% and 90% of wines produced in Australia and New Zealand, respectively, are bottled with screw caps to avoid the problem of cork contamination.
2. Screw caps ensure stable wine quality
Have you ever encountered a situation where the same wine tastes different? The reason for this is that cork is a natural product and cannot be exactly the same, thus sometimes imparting different qualities to the same wine flavor characteristics. Domaine des Baumard in the Loire Valley (Domainedes Baumard) is a pioneer in the use of screw caps. The owner of the winery, Florent Baumard (Florent Baumard), made a very risky decision-to put its 2003 The vintage and 2004 vintages are bottled with screw caps. What will happen to these wines 10 years from now? Mr Beaumar later found that the wines with screw caps were stable, and the taste had not changed much compared to the wines that had been corked before. Since taking over the winery from his father in the 1990s, Beaumar has focused on the pros and cons between corks and screw caps.
3. Maintain the freshness of the wine without compromising the ageing potential
Originally, it was thought that red wines that needed to be aged could only be sealed with corks, but today screw caps also allow a small amount of oxygen to pass through. Whether it’s a Sauvignon Blanc fermented in stainless steel tanks that needs to stay fresh, or a Cabernet Sauvignon that needs to be matured, screw caps can meet your needs. California’s Plumpjack Winery (Plumpjack Winery) produces the Plump Jack Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon dry red wine (Plump Jack Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakville, USA) since 1997. Winemaker Danielle Cyrot said: “The screw cap ensures that every bottle of wine that reaches the consumer has the quality wine merchants expect.”
4. The screw cap is easy to open
How annoying is it to share a good bottle of wine with friends and family with joy, only to find that there is no tool to open the cork-sealed wine! And wine bottled with screw caps will never have this problem. Also, if the wine is not finished, just screw on the screw cap. And if it is a cork-sealed wine, you have to turn the cork upside down, then force the cork back into the bottle, and then find a high enough space in the refrigerator to hold the bottle of wine.