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Should screwcapped wines be tasted before being poured?
Caoimhe Goggins, Ireland:
Does wine with a screwcap need to be tasted by the customer (I'm a waitress)? Or is it just going through the motions, as it can't be corked?
me:
It's polite and sensible to give them a chance to taste it because it could have a fault that is not cork-related - oxidation for instance, or even TCA or myriad other members of our Alphabet soup guide to wine faults that is not related to cork. (At the Hunter wine show last week I found TCA on a wine, confirmed by senior wine judge Macca, asked for a second bottle, only to find it was under screwcap. Some...
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