Comments on: Q: Are Plastic Corks for Cheap Wine? http://goosecross.com/2007/04/q-are-plastic-corks-for-cheap-wine/ Napa Valley Wine Radio, hosted by Goosecross Cellars, delivers home wine education, entertainment, and wine appreciation information from an insiders perspective. Discover a broad range of topics to expand your knowledge of how fine wine is produced while listening to Napa Valley Wine Radio's down-to-earth ideas and suggestions for enhancing your enjoyment of food and wine everyday. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:30:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Nancy http://goosecross.com/2007/04/q-are-plastic-corks-for-cheap-wine/comment-page-1/#comment-118 Nancy Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:55:01 +0000 http://goosecross.com/2007/04/23/q-are-plastic-corks-for-cheap-wine/#comment-118 Thanks for writing, Mr. Deutermann! What a string of bad luck! Jancis Robinson has voiced similar frustrations. I'm so sorry. As far as I know, we're sticking with natural cork here at Goosecross. My greatest frustration is getting the cork off of the screw after I extract it. It will be interesting to see how all of this shakes out in the coming years. Stay tuned... Nancy Thanks for writing, Mr. Deutermann! What a string of bad luck! Jancis Robinson has voiced similar frustrations. I’m so sorry. As far as I know, we’re sticking with natural cork here at Goosecross.

My greatest frustration is getting the cork off of the screw after I extract it. It will be interesting to see how all of this shakes out in the coming years. Stay tuned… Nancy

]]> By: William Deutermann http://goosecross.com/2007/04/q-are-plastic-corks-for-cheap-wine/comment-page-1/#comment-117 William Deutermann Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:00:59 +0000 http://goosecross.com/2007/04/23/q-are-plastic-corks-for-cheap-wine/#comment-117 Thank you for the article on plastic wine bottle stoppers. I am thoroughly disgusted with plastic wine corks. They are not at all aesthetically pleasing, and do not perform as promoted. I find them extremely difficult to extract, and I have irreparably broken several cork pullers including the two prong, the standard T handle, and one rather expensive Connoisseur brand corkscrew. This evening I attempted to open a bottle of wine from Jefferson vineyards and broke my last remaining corkscrew in the process. I finally extracted the stopper with a Buck folding hunter, but I broke the point and damaged the bottle lip in the process. Moreover, I have yet to find a way to reinsert the "cork" in a partially consumed bottle. In the past forty years, I remember only one bottle (jug actually) of wine that was spoiled because of a bad cork (A Spanish table wine, Kansas City, 1963). This is an ill conceived product that serves no useful function. Yrs, Bill Deutermann Thank you for the article on plastic wine bottle stoppers. I am thoroughly disgusted with plastic wine corks. They are not at all aesthetically pleasing, and do not perform as promoted. I find them extremely difficult to extract, and I have irreparably broken several cork pullers including the two prong, the standard T handle, and one rather expensive Connoisseur brand corkscrew. This evening I attempted to open a bottle of wine from Jefferson vineyards and broke my last remaining corkscrew in the process. I finally extracted the stopper with a Buck folding hunter, but I broke the point and damaged the bottle lip in the process. Moreover, I have yet to find a way to reinsert the “cork” in a partially consumed bottle. In the past forty years, I remember only one bottle (jug actually) of wine that was spoiled because of a bad cork (A Spanish table wine, Kansas City, 1963). This is an ill conceived product that serves no useful function.
Yrs,
Bill Deutermann

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