# wine growing climates

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wine-growing-climates/312989>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 18, 2005, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wine-growing-climates/312989 "2005-07-18T16:15:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wine-growing-climates/312989/21 "2005-07-21T07:24:03Z")

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> [@drhess](#):
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> Never trust screw top lids on wine, even if the Amish do seem so nice.

In my thread about what’s commonly accepted by industry pros but not widely known by the public, it came up that most wine makers regard screwtops as vastly superior to corks but were unable to use them due to public perception.

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**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wine-growing-climates/312989/22 "2005-07-21T12:18:08Z")

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> [@Shalmanese](#):
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> In my thread about what’s commonly accepted by industry pros but not widely known by the public, it came up that most wine makers regard screwtops as vastly superior to corks but were unable to use them due to public perception.

Yep. Corks fail up to 10% of the time! Screwtops don’t. But, sadly, no romance from a screwtop.

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**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wine-growing-climates/312989/23 "2005-07-21T15:44:29Z")

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> [@Shalmanese](#):
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> In my thread about what’s commonly accepted by industry pros but not widely known by the public, it came up that most wine makers regard screwtops as vastly superior to corks but were unable to use them due to public perception.

Very true. Times are slowly changing though.

I think the public can expect to see not only more screw caps on higher end wines, but much more publicity and consumer education.

There are a zillion articles on the subject out there. [Here’s one I just googled up.](http://www.wineloverspage.com/wineadvisor1/tswa050715.phtml)

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