"Some people do not see this as a marriage made in heaven:
namely the screw top and wine. The idea of unscrewing a nice bottle rather than un-corking it can make even the most grounded fall off their perch. But, slowly and surely,
we need to give it a try, and learn a new technique...."
LE VIN - United for the screw top
Jean-Françis PECRESSE - LES ECHOS weekend - 28/29 March 2008

Foire aux Vins 2007, 15 to 29 september 
OPEN AND TASTE WITH YOUR EYES SHUT
Domaine Paul Blanck - Alsace riesling Patergarten 2005
A pure, crystalline nose, bitter orange and cinnamon, a very clean, long, fully flavoured and balanced wine, a fine Riesling with a distinctive personality.
Why use a screw top on top of the range wines?
"We hope you will enjoy tasting wines with screw tops!" Michet Bettane and Thierry Desseauve.

Sooner or later you will come round to it  ... www.stelvin.alcan.com

 

 

 

The Alsace domaine, which has used the screw top since 2001, already sells 60% of its production in this format. "The screw top is the most reliable bottling system to ensure the quality of our wines", says Frédéric Blanck, "it enables a very even contact with oxygen, unlike the cork top which preserves not only the taste of the cork but also all the false tastes and other aromatic anomalies caused by cork. And please don't tell me that cork is a natural product, give all the products involved with washing the impurities out of the cork, I really don't think we can still refer to it as a natural product".
Alsace : A grand cru with a screw top - Article in La grappe - May 2006

 

"Will screw tops ultimately unseat corks?
This is a story you will need to follow with the most prestigious of our vineyards ..."
In Alsace, at Kientzheim, the Blanck family already bottles half their production of 220,000 bottles this way.
A turn of the screw for the cork
Article in Cuisine Gourmande. March - April 2005

If the screw top is still the exception in France, the Blanck family as distinguished wine producers, have no hesitation in bottling their grands crus in this way. "Wines age much more evenly...."
The Blanck family and the war of the corks - Commentary edited by Ariane Dufour..
Cuisine et Vins de France - September Octobere 2004

"There is nothing more infuriating than opening a bottle that is "corked".
Besides the cork is taking a lot on the chin as it is not solely responsible for the bad taste of cork or mould. The professionals are full of imagination about how to avoid this mishap, which affects one bottle in twenty throughout the world.
The taste of the cork - Laure Gasparaotto. Le Figaro - 19 April 2004

 

Expert opinion: Screw tops "Were you talking about savings?"
Frédéric Blanck - Domaine Paul Blanck
La Revue du vin de France - The 1000 greatest wines - November 2003

Twist and Shout By Ted Loos
Wines and spirit. August 2004