Smelling the cork again.
When you talked about screw caps in the Seattle Times, I realized that I did not mention them in my blog, but then at the end, you say that you have really only been talking about white wines and will talk about red wines later. If white wine is not fizzy, I really do not care how you seal it.
In the old days, a long time ago, in a far away place.... Wine producers made wine and put their name on the cork. Wine vendors purchased the wine and put their labels on the bottles. The labels said whatever they had to so that the wine would sell because there were no rules. This was before real wine racks because there were no labels or capsules to protect.
Any savvy Englishman would know this of course, so after opening the bottle, would read the name of the real wine producer on the cork. Most wet corks smell like wet corks and for some reason the "reading the producer's name" has turned into the "Sniffing of the cork" at least in America....
The only cork that I ever smelled that was more than this came out of a 1912 Latour at a vertical tasting with dinner at Fleur De Lys in San Francisco. This cork smelled so good that we tasted it too.
The test of a "corked wine" would be to smell the wine which I thought was the first part of the excersize, before drinking it..
I will be looking forward to seeing someone in a restaurant sniffing at a screw cap.
In the old days, a long time ago, in a far away place.... Wine producers made wine and put their name on the cork. Wine vendors purchased the wine and put their labels on the bottles. The labels said whatever they had to so that the wine would sell because there were no rules. This was before real wine racks because there were no labels or capsules to protect.
Any savvy Englishman would know this of course, so after opening the bottle, would read the name of the real wine producer on the cork. Most wet corks smell like wet corks and for some reason the "reading the producer's name" has turned into the "Sniffing of the cork" at least in America....
The only cork that I ever smelled that was more than this came out of a 1912 Latour at a vertical tasting with dinner at Fleur De Lys in San Francisco. This cork smelled so good that we tasted it too.
The test of a "corked wine" would be to smell the wine which I thought was the first part of the excersize, before drinking it..
I will be looking forward to seeing someone in a restaurant sniffing at a screw cap.
Labels: Glass Closures.. Corks, screw caps, Wine
