[Leica] Nathan's PAD 4/6/2011: we drink a lot of wine

[john at chiaroscuro.co.nz (John McMaster)]

The vineyard owners I know have bottling plants for both types, but the
screw top seem to stay local ;-) Australian is a mix, but more corks
available than in the same price ranges as the NZ wines.

john

-----Original Message-----

Fortunately, such barbarian habits are not widely adopted in Europe, except
for a certain class of wine which I avoid ;-) Although I recently bought
some decent German Riesling online and when the case arrived I was shocked
to discover screw caps. I won't be buying that one again. Incidentally, most
of the NZ and Australian wines sold here have corks.

On Jun 4, 2011, at 11:42 PM, John McMaster wrote:

> In NZ we have mostly moved to the screw cap (claimed to be more 
> hygienic) and only the more costly wines still have corks.....
> 
> john
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> For the past 13-14 years, we have been saving all the corks from wine 
> bottles consumed at our home. Soon we will need to buy a new container:
>