That whooshing sound up in Napa is not the tail wind of a wine cork leaving a bottle; it's the sound of steam gathering behind the screw-cap movement. While still a tiny portion of wine bottle ...

Screw caps provide accessibility and corks bring tradition. But what do each actually do to the taste of your wine? Food & Wine / Getty Images Corks and screw caps have similar functions: to keep wine ...

Before we tip a glass or two for this conversation, I want to disclose that I am not a sommelier by any stretch of the imagination. However, in a past career as a sales associate, I needed to learn ...

At one time there was no question about how best to close a wine bottle; you simply put a cork in it. Today, winemakers have more choices. Besides natural cork, the options include synthetic stopper, ...

To cork or to cap? It’s a big question for wine producers that has been rapidly fermenting among oenophiles and growers from the hallowed cellars of Bordeaux, up the slopes of sunny California and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Don’t judge a wine by its cap. In this video, we break down the pros and cons of screw caps over corks for that bottle of wine on ...

If you're a wine drinker, you've probably noticed that screw caps are no longer considered the closure just for cheap vino. Increasingly, bottles of very good wines are unscrewed, rather than uncorked ...

Are screw caps or corks better for wine? Corks and screw caps have similar functions: to keep wine from going bad. But choosing one or the other can be divisive. Many argue that corks are the key to ...