using the screwcap people as a reference for the great values of screwcaps does not work for a peer review article.

"""as an aside. my '97 catena chards have all been killed by cork dryout. the catena 2001 chards are fabulous. the corks are still great. this is not alta or anything like that. this is "the bottom of the barrel". the alta's i have start at 2003. they are also most fine.

the importer went belly up. a friend and i bought pretty much the whole inventory(about 30 cases of mixed catena)"""

if the '97's were in screw cap, i think they would be fine. if the 01's were in screw cap, i think they would be just as spectacular, as they are.

these wines should go to the Paris 2011 tasting, to prove that they are every bit as fine as california chards.