In spite of formidable odds, 27 New Zealand wineries have decided to bottle most of their wines in bottles with screwtop caps. They call their group the New Zealand Screwcap Wine Seal Initiative.

At one time there was no question about how best to close a wine bottle; you simply put a cork in it. Today, winemakers have more choices. Besides natural cork, the options include synthetic stopper, ...

Can you really judge a bottle of wine based on the closure used to seal it? You’re not supposed to, but a lot of us do, especially in the United States. A study done by the Cork Quality Council found ...