I’ve been known to be a bit of a snob about screwtop wine. However, nothing kills that piece of pretension faster than a deep reluctance to buy a corkscrew in London, at British pound prices.
I’ve been known to be a bit of a snob about screwtop wine. However, nothing kills that piece of pretension faster than a deep reluctance to buy a corkscrew in London, at British pound prices.
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What cured me was a wine course taught by faculty from Cornell’s Ag Station – they explained to us that the only reason all small wineries in the Finger Lakes hadn’t switched is that moving from cork (or synthetic) to screw top costs about $50,000.
The corkscrew thing would’ve worked, too.
By: Michael Tinkler on 9 July 2007
at 2:26 am
I should probably try a course. Seeing as how I only bought screwtop because I was feeling cheap, trying very cheap wine didn’t do a whole lot for my unreasonable prejudice.
By: Dance on 9 July 2007
at 2:42 am
Um. When I was in London three years ago, I accidentally bought a mini-bottle of wine, along with my Tesco sandwich, that was NOT screw-off. I was back in my dorm room before I realized this, and wasn’t about to go out again. I did go down to the front desk to ask if they had a corkscrew, but when they said no, I went back up to my room, and with mighty effort over the course of maybe an hour succeeded in first chipping away at the cork (with keys, tweezers, etc.), and then pushing it down into the body of the bottle.
That’s when you know you’re either totally an alcoholic, or totally cheap.
By: Flavia on 15 July 2007
at 12:39 am
Or, that there’s something about London that demands drinking. Perhaps it’s all the people on the street with open containers.
But, really, mini-bottles without screwtops should not even exist.
By: Dance on 15 July 2007
at 5:21 pm