Originally Posted by
stimpy
I don't get this point. You can always stick the cork back in a bottle. I do it all the time. Plus you can purchase a "stopper" of most any variety.
And to repeat myself, I've never had a spoiled bottle of wine. So I really don't think it matters whether it is cork or screw top in terms of the quality. Sure it is possible to get a bad bottle, but that is the case with both cork and screw top. And it's too rare for me to worry about.
When I'm on holiday, I don't pack a stopper nor do I want to worry about packing a stopper. Or a corkscrew for that matter. I'm also not the ace of opening corks, perhaps I'm biased as I'm from one of the earliest adopters of screw caps. So I don't like having to deal with the occasional cork bit in the wine. It's for these reasons that I actively reject cork based bottles in favour of screw cap.
You can try push the cork back into the bottle, and unless you've lubricated it beforehand or are a cork-martial arts master, you'll just look dorky and expend too much effort for what takes 3 seconds with a screw cap.
But hey if we're talking about tradition, corks and glass bottles are too hi-tech. They're cold beasts. They lack the romantic allure of a traditional cask with its beautiful accentuation of
oakiness 