Wine Read : Cork fights back in the War of the Stoppers

Ted mentioned seeing a news piece on how Portugal was hurting due to less cork usage, but my searches only found the following, which seems to suggest otherwise.

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/07/31/general-eu-portugal-cork-apos-s-comeback_8593469.html

I also found an interesting study on screwcaps, which makes some of them look pretty good, if it's to be believed:

http://twistopenhogue.com/home-page/

The take away:

• Screwcaps can be as good or better than natural cork
• Not all screwcaps are created equal