Michael Pronay wrote:
> Mark Lipton > wrote:
>
>>> I had hoped that screw tops might eliminate TCA but yesterday I
>>> think I detected it in a screwtop NZ wine: Grove Mill
>>> Marlborough Riesling, 2005. It was not undrinkable but there
>>> was a most unusual over taste. The label claims that it could
>>> be cellared until 2013, but not by me!
>
>> Keep in mind that corks aren't the only source of TCA, just the
>> most common one. Barrels can also pick up a TCA contamination
>
> JFTMOR: a riesling -- from wherever it might come -- probably
> never ever has seen a barrel even by distance. (I know that a few
> exceptions exist, thank you.)

Michael,
Are you saying that few Rieslings see cooperage of any sort? I
don't know what the practice is in Austria, but in Germany, the
traditional method of elevage involves placing the wine in 1000 L fuder,
which are indeed oak barrels. Are you saying otherwise? I'm confused.

Mark Lipton
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