Corked bottles or screw capped? Oxford scientists set to find out which wine tastes better!

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New Delhi: Wine is a drinker's delight – a taste that only connoisseurs can decipher and love. Many people around the world love to wash down their meal with a glass of red or white.

However, whether wine in corked or screw capped bottles tastes better has been a long-standing debate, which Oxford scientists have finally decided to resolve.

In a unique wine tasting event in London last week, researchers studied the brains of volunteers while they took a sip of different wines.

Taste, like other senses, is subjective and may vary from person to person. Researchers from Oxford University in the UK decided to attach sensors on the heads of tasters while they sip.

The sensors monitor brain pleasure responses and translate them into numbers that can be used for comparison purposes.

The researchers will also be looking at other factors that might be related to how we register the taste of wine, such as whether hearing the cork pop induces greater enjoyment or if smelling the wine before drinking has any impact, 'Phys.Org' reported.

Corks allow the wine to "breathe" - fresh air enters the bottle while air inside gets out.

However screw caps protect the wine from a fungus that is responsible for ruining about 20 per cent of bottled wine.

(With PTI inputs)