Just reading Victoria Moores article in The Guardian about screwcaps - not all they are cracked up to be, she writes. Reduction issues and wines with delayed development, fresh but boring. Interesting was a comment from the wine buyer Graeme Nash at supermarket chain Tescos where 60% of all wines they buy are under screwcap. That number looks set to rise as Nash explains .
We generally go for screwcap if it is available," says Tesco buyer Graham
Nash. "It's our preferred choice. Initially, the motive was to avoid cork
taint. Now it's also about keeping the wine as the wine-maker intended it to
taste."
I intended my wines to develop at a normal pace, in cork. Surely what he really means is that by opting for screwcap the wine lasts much longer on the shelves and there is less reason for the wine to be returned, both of which are great for Tescos bottom line. So coming ahead of providing customers with a range of fine wine is the motivation for profit.
Quite normal of course in a business environment. Which then got me thinking, who really started all this debate/issue over closures in the first place. Was it actually the winemakers who were sick of the problem of cork taint or was it in fact the big buyers at the other end who forced the change ?
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