...new bottles
I just bought a bottle of wine I read about in the Post (I know, I know, a Joss Stone CD awaits me) and was tickled to find that it proudly boasts a "Stelvin closure," to which an unsophisticated sort such as myself might refer as "a screwcap." I had heard that some bold vineyards were moving to these tops but haven't yet had the pleasure of giving the night's bottle a hearty twist. The Stelvin closure is a product of Pechiney, which merged with Alcan last year. While my sympathies go to the good cork farmers of Portugal, I'm glad that the same company that manufactured Melbourne, Australia's light-rail cars might at least spare me from getting carpal tunnel syndrome from our wine-saver-vacuum-thingy.
But mostly I like that they're calling a screwcap a Stelvin closure.
But mostly I like that they're calling a screwcap a Stelvin closure.
posted by Andrew Beaujon at 17:24
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New Zealand is partial to the "stelvin closure".
Almost as thrilling, is the "crown cap", which only stoppers champagne during its second fermentation; the riddling phase, where the lees and debris gather in the neck of the champagne bottle, are frozen, and then shot out of the bottle like a fat man from a cannon when the crown cap is removed.
Crown caps are metal, pointy; yet round, and synonymous with the mighty beer caps that keeps Budweiser in long-necks.
Thank you, genevelyn. I am new to the world of alternate closures. In fact, closure itself is a bit of a stranger to me.
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