Pulling Or Screwing?
“Some years ago, in Australia, some tests were done with screw top wine bottles instead of the traditional cork. This was the ‘Stelvin Cap’ and it was extremely effective. Blind tasting with wine experts indicated that, on the whole, the wine from bottles with the screw cap were superior to wines with bottles with corks.”
EDWARD DE BONO
I for one like to experience the joy of pulling the cork from a good bottle of wine. I also enjoy drinking it. A glass or two, and no more than three, of red wine a day may help protect against certain cancers and heart disease, and also has a positive effect on cholesterol levels and blood pressure.
Red wines contain several antioxidants that keep your system clean. This in turn leads to better health.
Although many Turks are practicing Moslems and do not drink alcohol, Turkey has an established wine industry and Turkish wines are remarkably good value.
Here, as elsewhere, screw caps are associated with cheaper wines which lack the piquancy of better vintages. This should not deter you from trying them. Some screw capped wine is remarkably good. Those that are not so excellent are usually at least fair to middlin’ and anyway will still get you sloshed!
A Mediteranean diet such as that eaten by Turks has been established in long term research to be the the healthiest in the world. Even so Dr. Walter C. Willett, of the Harvard Medical School advises taking a mult-vitamin suppliment.
My advice: Also have a noggin of excellent Turkish red wine, preferably from a bottle with a cork. It will taste a lot better than the vitamin pill and put you in a mellow state of mind!
Kindly Note: Information on this site is mainly conjecture and personal opinion. It should not be taken as medical advice. If in doubt about your health please consult a reputable physician, and if he has bad news then you may wish to visit the pub!
August 26th, 2005 at 3:06 pm
Surely, that’s a bottle of white wine. Shouldn’t it be red if drinking red wine is the healthy option?
August 29th, 2005 at 8:21 am
Peter you remark that the bottle featured is a bottle of white wine, when I wrote that red wine is the one with cleansing properties. Well spotted Peter, just for you I have made the following correction in my article on ‘Red Blooded Win’e
October 28th, 2005 at 4:57 pm
[...] He has a button on the right hand side of his weblog inviting you to: “Buy Michel a glass of wine”. When you press this you’re taken to the PayPal web site which is preset to the value of $5.00 US. Elsewhere in this journal I’ve extolled the virtue of a glass of wine a day, so why not visit his web site and if you enjoy what you read no doubt you’ll buy him a glass [...]
January 29th, 2006 at 12:49 am
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