Flip tops or corks?

[Tsuyako]

I'm not near bottling my first batch, but can I use 750ml flip tops for my wine to age or do I need to cork it? I know there is something about corks helping wine age?

 

[bernardsmith]

I am no expert but I think it depends. Corks allow for micro-oxygenation and if you are making a very nuanced and rich red grape wine there may be some real value in the microscopic amounts of air they allow in. True aging , though, is probably better done bulk and that would mean that you are aging in barrels (or carboys)... but if you are making country wines or you are making wines to be drunk within a year or two I doubt very much that it makes any significant difference whether you use corks, synthetic corks or Grolsch type flip-tops

 

[DoctorCAD]

I use both interchangeably.