Video sum up: What is the difference between corks and synthetics closures?

There are no a lot of differences between cork and synthetic closures.

Closures are used to prevent air from entering the bottle and protect the wine inside.

Cork has been used for millenia: it has the ability to preserve wine but also to change the wine (with the TCA)

Synthetic closure are cheaper and on short term could do a perfectly good job. We don’t know currently if synthetic closures are as good as cork because synthetic closures are very recent.

To go further:

• Corks VS Screw tops / Screw caps – Episode 2

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Video Sum up: Corks VS Screw tops / Screw caps

There are no real difference between corks and screw tops.

• Corks have been used in wine making, wine packaging for hundreds of year. Corks are natural but are not always an indication of quality
• Screw tops were made to protect the wine and are easier to open.

The majority of the wines produced today are for early consumption so screw tops are perfectly fine for them.

To go further:

• What is the difference between corks and synthetics closures? – Episode 25/