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Do you produce the cork in Australia? Maybe it's not worth to ship it around the world just to be serve as a cap on a consumable. Cork is degradable, recyclabl

by ino 11y ago

Do you produce the cork in Australia? Maybe it's not worth to ship it around the world just to be serve as a cap on a consumable. Cork is degradable, recyclable, and does a very good job at a specific thing. It's the bark of a tree which regenerates every few years, so its harvest leaves the tree unharmed. Maybe it makes sense for Australia not to use it but I don't see why it should be replaced everywhere.

danieltillett 11y ago
Cork introduces cork taint [1]. My personal experience is around 1 bottle out of 12 is badly enough affected by cork taint to degrade the wine. With screw caps you just don’t get this which is great. The only real issue with screw caps is the wine makers inexperience with using them can put too much sulphite in the wine, but this is a problem that has mostly gone away over time. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cork_taint https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cork_taint
- zeveb 11y ago
  > My personal experience is around 1 bottle out of 12 is badly enough affected by cork taint to degrade the wine. You know, I like wine. I've drunk plenty of wine in my time. I've read folks write things like '1 bottle out of 12 [is cork-tainted].' And yet I've never, ever had a taint bottle of wine. Is it just that I'm drinking younger wines? FWIW, I love real corks and I hate how wine and liquor bottles have been replacing them with lifeless plastic.
  - danieltillett 11y ago
    Not everyone is affected to the same degree by cork taint - you might be one of those lucky people that are not sensitive to it. If you have never had a bottle of tainted wine then this is quite likely. You can really notice cork taint when you are drinking the same wine/ vintage regularly. You will open a bottle and it just tastes "flat" compared to what you are expecting. Open another bottle of the same wine and it tastes fine. This is cork taint.

by ino 11y ago

danieltillett 11y ago

Cork introduces cork taint [1]. My personal experience is around 1 bottle out of 12 is badly enough affected by cork taint to degrade the wine. With screw caps you just don’t get this which is great. The only real issue with screw caps is the wine makers inexperience with using them can put too much sulphite in the wine, but this is a problem that has mostly gone away over time. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cork_taint https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cork_taint

zeveb 11y ago
> My personal experience is around 1 bottle out of 12 is badly enough affected by cork taint to degrade the wine. You know, I like wine. I've drunk plenty of wine in my time. I've read folks write things like '1 bottle out of 12 [is cork-tainted].' And yet I've never, ever had a taint bottle of wine. Is it just that I'm drinking younger wines? FWIW, I love real corks and I hate how wine and liquor bottles have been replacing them with lifeless plastic.
- danieltillett 11y ago
  Not everyone is affected to the same degree by cork taint - you might be one of those lucky people that are not sensitive to it. If you have never had a bottle of tainted wine then this is quite likely. You can really notice cork taint when you are drinking the same wine/ vintage regularly. You will open a bottle and it just tastes "flat" compared to what you are expecting. Open another bottle of the same wine and it tastes fine. This is cork taint.