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In reply to:
threaded stoppers (for those who drink the cheap stuff)
Except that threaded stoppers are no longer solely found on cheap wines. Concerns about corktaint, and the unreliability of the cork harvest, are leading more and more producers of serious, quality wines to experiment with screw top closures.
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yep. took me aback the other evening as my wife and I celebrated our 20th at our favorite restaurant. the lovely German Riesling(Gunderloch, Jean Baptiste) had a screwtop!
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Any volunteers to exsnorkulate WO'N cork? (No, not THAT kind of cork).Hmmm, Dr. Bill...I don't believe I've ever been exsnorkulated, but you never know. There were many misspent hours in my youth which remain forever unaccounted for.  
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took me aback
In several many blind taste tests recently, wine experts have chosen screw top wines over corked wines.
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And then there are the companies that are experimenting with plastic corks of some kind. 
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Yes consuelo, I’ve had quite a number of very drinkable New World wines in bottles sealed with plastic corks lately. I understand your unhappy face, but they work pretty well and at least they are preferable to screw tops, though for some people perhaps they still degrade the whole quaffing experience. On the other hand a bottle of corked wine does that too – especially if it’s the last one you have! I sent four bottles back one after the other in a restaurant once - and without arguement, but quite an expense for them.
In 1996 I was involved with construction of a pipeline in Portugal. Part of the route ran up the Setubal Peninsula (The Portuguese pronounced it as Stooble, as near as I can get it). Protection of the valuable cork trees was *the major consideration in the contract and payments for any that had to be removed were steep. We took extreme care, but at one point, due to delayed negotiations, the local cork farmers were out with guns!
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Holy cow, dxb! I hope you got dangerous-occupation compensation! [shiver]
Cork grows on trees?
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Cork grows on trees?Try this for a nice picture: http://jelinek.com/shoe2.htm
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Mmm, thank you, sweetheart. Wouldn't it be neat if they grew just all dangling and pre-formed, like sycamore balls? In all the correct shapes and sizes, of course.
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