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Old Sep 30, 2010 | 8:32 am
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TimF1975
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Originally Posted by slawecki
http://www.gottannins.com/news/grant...t-burge-wines/

" We’ve been doing test on our premium wines with some under screw caps and some under corks, then doing blind tasting. So far 80% of the wines are coming out on the side of cork. This is for wines more than five years old.

Right now we are sitting back and seeing how it all evolves"
This is consistent with what I've heard from US winemakers to whom I've spoken. I'm fine with daily drinkers and early drinking whites to have screwcaps but when you start to mess with expensive wines with long pedigrees, I get nervous.
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