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Scalping - a hot topic
Steven Dutton, Germany: Re A Guide to Wine Faults. I read the article but was left wondering about one fault not mentioned. Many months ago, in the free bit of the site, I read a very long technical article from an Australian source [Jeffrey Grosset], along with comments of yours (I believe). There was a cork-related fault referred to as "scalping", which I believe had to do with the abscence of flavours. However, there was no further mention made as far as I could see. I wonder if this is the problem I have encountered several times, whereupon a bottle is opened, and the wine is basically vapid. No off-putting...
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