Why Does Your Wine Bottle Have A Screw-Top?
The answer is simple, young grasshopper
One of Western Civilization’s greatest mysteries focuses on the number of wine bottles that are produced annually. In 2017, a wine hack took a stab at nailing down this figure: He estimated that a whopping 18 billion bottles of wine were made that year, according to an article published in The Drink Business.
This wine expert also estimated that 11.5 billion of these bottles were sealed with cork, 4.5 billion were sealed with screw caps and 2 billion were sealed with plastic stoppers.
As screw caps and plastic stoppers have become increasingly common ways to keep wine spanking fresh, one might ask why these synthetic enclosures have become more popular in recent years.
Industry favors natural corks
Interestingly enough, natural-cork enclosures are the first choice for many winemakers who have conducted side-by-side tests, according to SevenFifty Daily, a publication for professionals in the industry. Wine enclosures — cork and other materials — are used to keep wine from spoiling. Natural cork works so well as a wine enclosure because the oxygen in the cork diffuses into the bottle at a predictable rate, interacting with the wine and allowing it to develop and reach its full potential…
