Today's screw-cap liners generally are made of highly inert, medical-grade synthetics, similar to the plastic used for hospital intravenous drip bags. The other good reason to store screw-cap ...

Q: I recently returned from a trip to Western Australia, visiting local wineries scattered throughout the region. Every bottle I brought home has a screw top, even the high-end bottles. For ...

Although wine-makers found the closure was much more effective at keeping an air-tight seal on a bottle of wine and eliminating the risk of cork spoilage, it wasn’t until 2001 that screw caps ...

The study's test batch consists of 200 bottles of the PlumpJack Group's Cade Sauvignon Blanc with real cork, synthetic cork and screw caps. CT scans of the corks were done at the UC-Davis Medical ...

It’s rare to hear anyone say a bad word about screw caps on wine bottles . . . In fact, I’m slightly scared about what I’m about to say next but really, they are not without their downsides ...

A bottle of red under a screw top. Tobias Toft/Flickr While browsing for wines, your instinct may be to reach for the bottles that require a corkscrew rather than those with a screw cap.

UC Davis, in partnership with PlumpJack Winery, aged 200 bottles of Sauvignon Blanc under natural cork, another 200 under synthetic cork, and finally 200 under screw cap.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A: It is 100 per cent safe to store screw-capped bottles upright. The wadding under the aluminium cap – that little disc that sits ...

UC Davis, in partnership with PlumpJack Winery, aged 200 bottles of Sauvignon Blanc under natural cork, another 200 under ...

Doctors say champagne bottles should come with screw caps to avoid the risk of eye injuries. With pressure three times of a car tyre, corks can shoot out at 50mph causing potential blindness to ...