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> winemakers dislike cork: Citation desperately needed! Cork allows for an air exchange which no other artificial material does. I don't know a single Spanish
by DoingIsLearning 4y ago
> winemakers dislike cork:
Citation desperately needed! Cork allows for an air exchange which no other artificial material does.
I don't know a single Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese winemaker that even sells without cork. The only _exceptions_ to this are when they sell to retail supermarkets in northern Europe or US for whom they sometimes cap it with metal.
- masklinn 4y ago> Cork allows for an air exchange which no other artificial material does. Air exchange is the one thing you least want, it means oxidation. The entire point of the cork is to keep air out. Air is the enemy. > I don't know a single Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese winemaker that even sells without cork. Again, because of the cachet of cork. Most buyers don’t even know what they’re drinking. Plastic and metal caps feel cheap, therefore buyers don’t want them.
- detritus 4y agoAs someone who lived in Spain for a decade or so and now spends a couple or months a year in Italy.. I'm not sure how you have arrived that opinion. Perhaps your taste is a little more expensive than what I see on supermarket shelves there, but a significant quantity of bottled wines don't use real cork stoppers.