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Natester
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I'm hoping to get a response to this from our forum. I'm NOT looking for a debate on corks v. screwcaps. Thought maybe Brian might chime in on his reasoning behind this move since he's an active poster!


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GreenDrazi
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Uh, let me think for a moment ............. he didn’t want his wine ruined with cork taint?


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mattach
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is this a trick question? i believe brian has previously stated that the main reason is as greendrazi described above.
 
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SD-Wineaux
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I believe tha you are right.
 
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Natester
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Ah ha!

Sorry, I'm a newbie to the forum.

But those caps have rubber seals on them and over time in a cellar they... oh, well, nevermind, this is probably just a dead horse.


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GreenDrazi
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Rubber seals, cork, synthetic cork - they ALL break down over time.
If you want to re-ignite a cork vs stelvin debate, you should pick a winery that better suits your anti-screw cap stance than Loring. Loring recommends you drink his wines in their youth - which is many, many years before the seals will break down.


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It's good to try them young too and then let them age - James Suckling
Infanticide can be very satisfying - Robert Parker
I drink mine young to avoid disappointments - James Laube
 
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wine+art
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quote:
Originally posted by GreenDrazi:
Rubber seals, cork, synthetic cork - they ALL break down over time.
If you want to re-ignite a cork vs stelvin debate, you should pick a winery that better suits your anti-screw cap stance than Loring. Loring recommends you drink his wines in their youth - which is many, many years before the seals will break down.


Be nice greeny. Big Grin
 
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GreenDrazi
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Be nice greeny. Big Grin
Oh, welcome to the forum Nat.


ps., actually, I was just trying to help. Wink


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ps., actually, I was just trying to help. Wink


An architect... help. Razz... is that an oxymoron? Big Grin
 
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Walt
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I didn't see any mention of LWC 04's in the latest pinot issue of WS. I'm curious to know what they thought of those wines. My favorite of the 3 I tried from the 04 spring mailer was the Llama
Farm I think it got an 87 from WS and the notes from people here seemed to reflect this. I have difficulty tasting fruit in wine so thats what i liked about it .Others here with more refined tastes didn't care for it as much.

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Pauly
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Originally posted by Natester:
But those caps have rubber seals on them and over time in a cellar they... oh, well, nevermind, this is probably just a dead horse.


This is one dead horse I'm happy to flog.

Longtitudinal sttudies in Austrlia have found that stelvin outperformed cork in tests over 20 years (i.e. they compared the same wine over a 20+ year period, only difference being closure method).

Stelvin technology has improved over the last 30 years. Cork technology remains at cutting a chunk of dirty tree bark and stuffing it into the end of a bottle.


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Brian Loring
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Originally posted by Natester:
Thought maybe Brian might chime in on his reasoning behind this move since he's an active poster!

As many people said... I was getting tired of having my wine ruined by TCA. And that there are so many people that drink wine that don't know about TCA, and would therefore just assume that I make crappy wine if their first taste of Loring Pinot was from a corked bottle.


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Cuvee Corner
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Kudos to you and the comment about the cork! Funny Big Grin
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Originally posted by Pauly:
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Originally posted by Natester:
But those caps have rubber seals on them and over time in a cellar they... oh, well, nevermind, this is probably just a dead horse.


This is one dead horse I'm happy to flog.

Longtitudinal sttudies in Austrlia have found that stelvin outperformed cork in tests over 20 years (i.e. they compared the same wine over a 20+ year period, only difference being closure method).

Stelvin technology has improved over the last 30 years. Cork technology remains at cutting a chunk of dirty tree bark and stuffing it into the end of a bottle.


In vino veritas!
 
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