When I bottled the Sandhills Red that I described in my last post, I went with a new closure just recently made available to the amateur market, the Zork. Simple to clean, simple to use and simple to open. These do not leak and they eliminate the need for that extra step I always took of putting a shrink-wrap over the cork. Plus, they can be used to re-cork that unfinished bottle once opened.

They are a bit pricey, but they have an advantage for me that I didn't even think about when I ordered...