Man, I hate corks!!

This guy is in the business of promoting cork. Period. It's not about the wine at all.

Hoke,

Exactly. I was attacked for being selfish, uncaring, and putting my own self interests ahead of the needs of the planet. He could give a rip about preserving wines and is quick to dismiss complaints about TCA as being overblown by a conspiracy of screwcap loving environmental terrorists. Quite a nasty man.

Ah.....we of the old fuddy-duddy but postmo Luddite types..... I ain't gonna say a word about corks but I will say that nothing will beat a 1950's MG TC for tooling about on the back roads of Europe! And ain't gonna be no way and no how that anyone's going to change my wind.

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Rogov

Ah.....we of the old fuddy-duddy but postmo Luddite types..... I ain't gonna say a word about corks but I will say that nothing will beat a 1950's MG TC for tooling about on the back roads of Europe! And ain't gonna be no way and no how that anyone's going to change my wind.

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Rogov

Daniel, I would not even wish to try to change your wind.

As to tooling around the back roads of Europe in a TD... I'm certainly fine with that, although I'd choose an Austin-Healey Mark IV, there's a possibility that a Morgan might function a little better. Certainly less wear and tear on your well-seasoned joints and tendons these days. And still appealing to your premod sensibilities!

Please don't forget your goggles and duster when you go out.

And tell those pesky kids to stay off your lawn!

Please don't forget your goggles and duster when you go out.

Hoke, Hi...

No fear. Also my collapsable fishing rod, fine country-style bread and the makings for several excellent sandwiches, several bottles of wine and (please, please....forgive my vulgarity) one of my trusty corkscrews.

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Rogov

Careful! There is a natural cork mafia out there. I criticized cork in another forum and was attacked by the guy who runs this organization:

http://www.corkreharvest.org/

Apparently screwcaps are one of the signs of the apolcalypse.

Sam, almost the exact same thing happened to me on my blog when I posted a couple articles panning corks and promoting screwcaps, only the unpleasant gentleman in that case was from http://www.asecor.com

Same thing, though - he works in the cork industry so all he cares about is corks, not wine. TCA is apparently dead. He even called me a "perra" in one email; I guess he didn't think a lil' Canadian bumpkin like me could speak Spanish.

I find it fascinating how defensive these people have gotten over the subject.

I had a '56 station wagon when I was in college. I absolutely loved it. I also had a '49 Willys.

I learned to drive in a '49 Henry J; kind of similar to the Willys, I think. That car era was really special. It was symbolic of so many drives (a relevant pun), then, individualism and freedom not being the least significant. It's funny how many kids today couldn't care less about getting behind a wheel. I know of seventeen-year-old boys, whose parents are trying to get them to get their permits, who prefer not to, because they are too busy with their computers and wouldn't be able to text as readily while driving. With the conditions of traffic and laws today, I don't really blame them.