| It never fails to amaze us how many yards of | | | | etc). |
| media space have been dedicated to the subject | | | | It's been said that corks have only survived up to |
| of wine bottle enclosures. Whilst it's clear that | | | | now because wine drinkers enjoy the ritual of |
| there are some nationalities (notably the | | | | uncorking a bottle. Doing it any other way feels, |
| Portuguese) that have an almost fanatic loyalty to | | | | well, like a bit of an anti climax. Despite this, |
| cork (it's a very important industry for them), | | | | Victoria Moore, in her Guardian column, recently |
| there is no doubt that there has been a sea | | | | noted that almost all Kiwi wines are now |
| change in closure types, with wines of all price | | | | screwcapped, with Tesco's, the UK's biggest wine |
| points and levels now succumbing to the humble | | | | retailer having an incredible 520 screw capped |
| screwcap, amongst other stopper styles (plastic | | | | wines, out of a total range of 850 wines. |