Things I constantly hear about screw top wines which are myths…

Only cheap wines have screw tops…

While that may have been true when they first appeared you can now find screw tops on expensive ($20+ per bottle) wines. Especially Australian wines. 

You can’t age wine with a screw top…

Part of ageing wine is the introduction of a tiny amount of air. Cork is very good at this but can be inconsistent or rot. With a screw top, you can engineer the exact amount of air you want to enter the bottle.

I can’t gift the bottle because it looks tacky… 

I guess some people might think this. Free wine is always the perfect size and welcome gift at my house. You could always “forget” to remove the price tag or send them the link to this article.

Now that we got that out of the way, here are some of the benefits of a screw top wine…

While nothing replaces the sweet sound of a real cork being pulled from a bottle, there are several advantages to screw tops. Here are three things that just make screw tops make sense.

1. The bottle can be stored in any position. The reason we lay bottles on their side is to keep the cork from drying out.
2. No corkscrew, no problem. It is convenient and easy to open a screw top wine no matter where you are.
3. Reduces the price of wine. Cork is actually pretty expensive when compared to other sealing options which are built into the price of the bottle.

I’m not expecting fussy French wines to be sporting a screw top anytime soon because of tradition and marketing. I do think we can expect to see even more screw tops in the liquor store so don’t pass them over too quickly.

Finally, the screw top might be safer.  I’ve seen some of you work a corkscrew…awkward AF.