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Originally posted by chef001_2003
it also helps to prevent the wine from "corking"
a bacteria in the cork that makes the wine taste not so good
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Exactly. In addition, there are some ultra-high end wines that are being bottled with screw-caps. It is foolish to spend so much time developing a fine wine, then jamming a piece of bark in the top and trusting that it will seal the bottle properly.