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Beer bottle tops (caps) and wine corks have been used to keep their respective fluids in their respective vessels for longer than most people can remember. Any seasoned drinker will tell you just how many times they have woken up the find hundreds of the things scattered about the place after a big night. However, now that more advanced version of bottle top such as the screw top have come on the scene, it looks like its curtains for the classics.

Mainly bottle caps have been made from steel and feature 21 teeth the clasp around the rim of the bottle neck very tightly, pulling a thin cork or rubber disk a the top of the cap downward to form a seal. Whilst they were great at keeping the contents of a bottle fresh, they are a nightmare to get off and unless you have teeth made from granite, you have to use a bottle opener to stand any chance of quenching your thirst. For this reason above all others, the screw top beer bottle has seen an upsurge of popularity in recent years, as they can be taken anywhere and you don’t have to drag and bottle opener along with you.

The case is pretty much the same with wine bottle corks, but there are a couple more reasons why corks are being pushed out (no pun intended). A corkscrew used to be a staple part of any tableware set, but its usefulness is dwindling as screw top wine bottles become more popular. In the same way as beer bottles need a bottle opener, wine bottles always required a corkscrew to be close by, and that’s just not always practical. Further to this, corks loose out massively to screw tops when it comes to the storage of wine for prolonged periods. Air can breach the cork as it expands and contracts with different moisture levels in its surroundings, and air can very easily turn a wine bad. Also, it has a tendency to break up over time if the wine is stored horizontally, as it often is on a wine rack, resulting in the wine sometimes being ‘corked’ when served. So whilst it may be sad to say good bye to the bottle tops we have been so fond of, at least they are being made redundant by better products.

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