Screw cap or Cork?

Australian wines have challenged the views of leading wine experts at Italy’s biggest annual wine fair, Vinitaly in Verona this week.

Australian wine writer and presenter Tyson Stelzer, who was named International Wine & Spirit Communicator of the Year 2015 at a gala dinner to open the fair, presented five mature flagship Australian red wines under both cork and screw cap in a blind tasting.

In a surprise twist (perhaps not to us), a panel of international wine professionals voted the screw-capped wines ahead of the corks.

“The result was ground-breaking for Italy, where screw caps remain controversial and until recently have been prohibited on the country’s top wines,” Stelzer said.

He says the tasting was significant for Australia, whose global reputation as a fine wine producer relies upon overcoming the misconception that screw caps are inferior.

Venice sommelier Annie Martin-Stefannato admitted “we will have to change our mindset”.

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http://tysonstelzer.com/…/aussie-wines-with-screw-caps-cha…/