# A bottle of wine BUT not for drinking! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 18, 2006, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bottle-of-wine-but-not-for-drinking/345079 "2006-02-18T12:10:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bottle-of-wine-but-not-for-drinking/345079/61 "2006-03-03T07:15:36Z")
> [@Stranger On A Train](#): > > I’ll also take this opportunity to get up on my hobbyhorse and rail again against screwtops on good wine. It may be more convenient, but damnit, I like the ceremony of removing the cork. Kids these days… Peeling off the foil . . . sticking in the corkscrew . . . pulling it out . . . inhaling that unmistakeable aroma . . . realizing it’s corked . . . cursing . . . Giving up on wine and drinking Listerine instead . . . It’s WAY more than just convenience. We’ve used up the good cork; it’s more and more common to have wine ruined by a bad cork. ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bottle-of-wine-but-not-for-drinking/345079/62 "2006-03-03T14:59:26Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > Peeling off the foil . . . sticking in the corkscrew . . . pulling it out . . . inhaling that unmistakeable aroma . . . realizing it’s corked . . . cursing . . . > > Giving up on wine and drinking Listerine instead . . . > > It’s WAY more than just convenience. We’ve used up the good cork; it’s more and more common to have wine ruined by a bad cork. Another bonus of screw top wine is not having to take a cork screw to a picnic. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bottle-of-wine-but-not-for-drinking/345079.md?page=3)