Comments on: Corked or Not Corked? http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2007/05/15/corked-or-not-corked/ Deliciously Hedonistic Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:14:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Alastair Bathgate http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2007/05/15/corked-or-not-corked/#comment-165 Alastair Bathgate Sat, 02 Jun 2007 11:32:30 +0000 http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2007/05/15/corked-or-not-corked/#comment-165 Hi MCaR Many decent wines come with a screw cap these days including Cloudy Bay - one of my favourites and at £15 to £20 a bottle not exactly cheap plonk. Personally I think more wines should be screw capped or (if you want to retain the ceremony) plastic corked. Is that an oxymoron, paradox, solecism or a litotes? How can a cork be plastic? Hi MCaR
Many decent wines come with a screw cap these days including Cloudy Bay - one of my favourites and at £15 to £20 a bottle not exactly cheap plonk.
Personally I think more wines should be screw capped or (if you want to retain the ceremony) plastic corked.
Is that an oxymoron, paradox, solecism or a litotes? How can a cork be plastic?

]]> By: Man City are Rubbish http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2007/05/15/corked-or-not-corked/#comment-162 Man City are Rubbish Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:36:08 +0000 http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2007/05/15/corked-or-not-corked/#comment-162 I find the screw cap on my Blue Nunn more reliable than a cork ! Seriously though, I know is probably uncouth in the connoisseur's mind to even mention this but what is it that you lose through a bottle having a screw cap or one of the new fandangled plastic corks ? I find the screw cap on my Blue Nunn more reliable than a cork ! Seriously though, I know is probably uncouth in the connoisseur’s mind to even mention this but what is it that you lose through a bottle having a screw cap or one of the new fandangled plastic corks ?

]]> By: Alastair Bathgate http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2007/05/15/corked-or-not-corked/#comment-149 Alastair Bathgate Fri, 18 May 2007 07:21:26 +0000 http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2007/05/15/corked-or-not-corked/#comment-149 Richard I hold my hands up - it's a fair cop! It's not strictly "corked". However, there are many signs of "damaged" wine that can be spotted by examining the cork and I don't like it when waiters try to hide the cork from me -make me instantly suspicious! Cheers for the comment. Richard

I hold my hands up - it’s a fair cop!

It’s not strictly “corked”. However, there are many signs of “damaged” wine that can be spotted by examining the cork and I don’t like it when waiters try to hide the cork from me -make me instantly suspicious!

Cheers for the comment.

]]> By: Richard Ross http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2007/05/15/corked-or-not-corked/#comment-142 Richard Ross Thu, 17 May 2007 14:03:35 +0000 http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2007/05/15/corked-or-not-corked/#comment-142 well done with the blog. As for your 'Corked or Not Corked?' entry, presumably the answer is 'Not'. As you say further down the post, you suspect the faulty cork has caused oxidation - so not a corked wine then?! Yours pedantically, Richard. well done with the blog.

As for your ‘Corked or Not Corked?’ entry, presumably the answer is ‘Not’. As you say further down the post, you suspect the faulty cork has caused oxidation - so not a corked wine then?!

Yours pedantically,

Richard.

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