Screw Cap vs Cork Closures Michael. you know sometimes one has an ethical dilemma. If one has resolved to not respond to a troll-liar, and yet they are pbutting off as true something one finds incredibly farfetched, how does one respond? Is it better to keep one's mouth shut, and let some lurkers get influenced by a post one is pretty sure is....shall we say less than truthful? Now, I know I should never doubt Mr. Neidich, because Dave from Oregon has declared him beyond reproach -a true upstanding AFWer. But can you fault me for being a little confused? He posts results from a tasting that *exactly* replicate his stated position on closures and aging. But "1 Aus, 1 NZ, 1 French" becomes "All the whites were French-Alsace" becomes 3 wines from Domaine Laroche. Would you forget if all three wines were from same producer in Chablis? And the hard to remember reds became AUS-NZ then turned out to be a Canadian and two AUS reds- the two Aussies again from one very well-known producer. Wow, he obviously didn't spit at that tasting! Of course, as I said, we should be seeing lots of reports about this event on wine web. Because this must have been a pretty serious tasting- while there have been lots of reports on the Penfolds Bin 389 under Stelvin vs under cork , as far as I can tell only the cork versions were ever released - all of the Stelvin versions were kept for Penfolds' internal trials. The hostess must be VERY connected. I'm sure they furnished it only because this group were seriously investigating aging under alternate closures. I also look forward to those reports so I can find the Alsace PG that was bottled under both closures- as I said, would love to hold this experiment with one of my tasting groups. Now, I'm sure I'll be embarrbutted -nay, humiliated- for doubting the truthfulness of Mr. Neidich when the Charlotte-based distributor of Penfolds and Laroche (perhaps her name is Audrey?) tells of her dinner with Mr. Neidich and others. Otherwise, can we expect a post claiming that evil AFW hackers (or perhaps the perfidious French?) forged his name and IP address, that they parked outside his house and piggybacked onto his router to post these posts, or that it was all in fun? I personally look forward to reliable reports on the aging of wine under various closures. But a post with constantly changing stories re what wines were involved by a poster who has in my opinion already proven that his word is worthless ("I am not Audrey") adds nothing to the closure debate. I'm sorry to have ignored many people's sound advice to just ignore the privates, but I worried that someone would refuse to buy a screwcap sealed wine based on the "evidence." As with my posts on the Audrey situation, if I see credible evidence that I am incorrect I will remove myself forever from AFW. 
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