Comments on: The Great Cork Debate: Natural vs. Synthetic vs. Screw Cap http://blog.vintagecellars.com/2010/01/the-great-cork-debate-natural-vs-synthetic-vs-screw-cap/ The VintageCellars Wine Storage Blog is devoted to bringing you information on how to store and care for your wine collection as well as the latest new and tips on wine storage products. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:00:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Humidity in Wine Cellars | Wine Storage Blog - VintageCellars http://blog.vintagecellars.com/2010/01/the-great-cork-debate-natural-vs-synthetic-vs-screw-cap/comment-page-1/#comment-2797 Humidity in Wine Cellars | Wine Storage Blog - VintageCellars Tue, 06 Jul 2010 22:58:40 +0000 http://blog.vintagecellars.com/?p=346#comment-2797 [...] The reason we need a humid environment in which to store wine mostly has to do with the cork.  So let’s talk about cork and it’s role in wine storage:  Cork comes from cork trees, which are mostly grown in Europe, and so is an organic substance.  (Incidentally, cork growing is a completely sustainable type of farming, since the tree is not killed to harvest the cork, and cork forests across the world protect many rare species of plants and animals, not to mention the cork farmers that rely on the trees for their livelihood.  If you want to read our argument in support of keeping corks natural, click here.) [...] [...] The reason we need a humid environment in which to store wine mostly has to do with the cork.  So let’s talk about cork and it’s role in wine storage:  Cork comes from cork trees, which are mostly grown in Europe, and so is an organic substance.  (Incidentally, cork growing is a completely sustainable type of farming, since the tree is not killed to harvest the cork, and cork forests across the world protect many rare species of plants and animals, not to mention the cork farmers that rely on the trees for their livelihood.  If you want to read our argument in support of keeping corks natural, click here.) [...]

]]> By: Holly@VC http://blog.vintagecellars.com/2010/01/the-great-cork-debate-natural-vs-synthetic-vs-screw-cap/comment-page-1/#comment-2734 Holly@VC Wed, 30 Jun 2010 01:53:30 +0000 http://blog.vintagecellars.com/?p=346#comment-2734 For starters, things which are liquid-tight are not necessarily gas-tight. So some oxygen filters in through the structure of the cork, but wine only wets the very end of it. Also, the cork (unlike a screwcap) can move in or out of the bottle slightly, in response to things like atmospheric pressure, temperature differences and the chemical processes occurring in the wine. These slight shifts can allow more or less oxygen (and CO2 and nitrogen, since air is mostly things other than O2!) into the bottle. For starters, things which are liquid-tight are not necessarily gas-tight. So some oxygen filters in through the structure of the cork, but wine only wets the very end of it. Also, the cork (unlike a screwcap) can move in or out of the bottle slightly, in response to things like atmospheric pressure, temperature differences and the chemical processes occurring in the wine. These slight shifts can allow more or less oxygen (and CO2 and nitrogen, since air is mostly things other than O2!) into the bottle.

]]> By: Curtis Maurand http://blog.vintagecellars.com/2010/01/the-great-cork-debate-natural-vs-synthetic-vs-screw-cap/comment-page-1/#comment-2675 Curtis Maurand Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:07:57 +0000 http://blog.vintagecellars.com/?p=346#comment-2675 If it doesn't let wine out, then how does a natural cork let oxygen in? I can't buy the whole oxygen in thing, especially when we talk about wine being in bottles for a couple hundred years and the bottles laying on their sides. Someone has to explain that to me. If it doesn’t let wine out, then how does a natural cork let oxygen in? I can’t buy the whole oxygen in thing, especially when we talk about wine being in bottles for a couple hundred years and the bottles laying on their sides. Someone has to explain that to me.

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