Whats the difference between cork, synthetic cork and screw cap wines?
Wine storage depends a great deal on how the wine was bottled. You will find cork, synthetic cork and screw cap bottles of wine. Cork is the traditional method for sealing. Corked bottles, as well as synthetic corked bottles, should always be stored on their sides. In recent years some great wines have come out with a screw cap. Screw caps give wineries more control over environmental factors, while corked wines may develop an odor. The culprit is a chemical called 2,4,6-trichloroanisole or TCA, which causes wines to pick up a dank, moldy, wet cardboard left-in-your-basement smell. You won’t get sick from consuming a corked wine with TCA, but once your nose picks it up it makes the wine terribly unpleasant to consume. A screw cap better ensures that the wine will arrive at your table the way it was intended, since screw cap seals are less affected by environmental factors than cork sealed bottles. But no matter how your favorite bottles of wine are sealed, savor the flavor by following
