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Mieke WA Minkjan | all galleries >> Photo a day gallery >> March Juxtapose things > 10 Cork & Screw top
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09-MAR-2010 © MiekeWAMinkjan

10 Cork & Screw top

Melbourne, Australia

A bottle with a cork is nowadays hard to find in Australia.
The screw top has won this battle cork v screw top

I discovered this on the internet:
Up to three quarters of the unique cork oak forests of the Mediterranean could be lost
within 5 years because of the increasing popularity of the screw-top wine bottle.

Canon EOS 40D ,Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS
1/60s f/5.6 at 85.0mm iso400 full exif

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Maaike Huizer11-Mar-2010 07:35
Geweldig idee. Veel wijnliefhebbers prefereren een echte kurk. Maar echte kenners zeggen dat een schroefdop net zo goed is.
Jola Dziubinska11-Mar-2010 00:46
Great idea, Mieke, good work.
LynnH10-Mar-2010 19:50
A very good comparison!!! Clever!
Doug Cruden10-Mar-2010 18:33
Real cork for me! Love that sound it makes as it leaves the bottle :o)) Good thinking and a good shot Mieke
Guest 10-Mar-2010 16:15
Wonderful comparison and a nice clear capture Mieke!!
Bernard Davis10-Mar-2010 08:56
Cork always 'feels' better and of course it picks up the aroma of the wine as well. Nice image.
borisalex10-Mar-2010 08:47
Great comparison! Yes a good wine will still have a real cork, other than that consumer wines in mass produktion will have the screw top! There´re plastic corks, but I had them, because you don´t get them back in again, because the expand! Nothing is better as a real cork! The cork you show is a pressed , not naturally grown, just to let you know! Prost!
Bernard Bosmans10-Mar-2010 08:36
A corker of a shot Mieke and thanks for sharing the info. V.
Ans de Zeeuw 10-Mar-2010 06:47
We hebben hier in Nederland al veel synthetische kurken, maar ook schroefdoppen.
Bill Reed10-Mar-2010 03:17
Great shot, wonderful comparison, all the best wines have screw tops.
carol j. phipps10-Mar-2010 02:46
Wonderful idea for a comparison! I was under the impression that the cork meant a finer wine, too, like Cindi said.
Yvonne10-Mar-2010 00:57
At least with the screw top you're not going to worry about a breaking cork, or the wine going off, and you can replace the lid and not have to go searching for a stopper. Great idea and so well presented Mieke!
Cindi Smith10-Mar-2010 00:49
I like my corks....and Australian wine is the best! I had several kinds while there and was very impressed. The screw off top reminds me of cheap wine.
Ed McConnell10-Mar-2010 00:43
nice juxta shot Mieke..
Stephanie10-Mar-2010 00:20
Great juxta shot Mieke!
As much as I love real cork, I have to say that they do leak sometimes causing the wine to oxidate and be ruined. I love the new synthetic corks, and hey ~ screw tops are becoming popular!