Best Red and White Wines under Screwcap?

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What are the very best white and red bottled wines available under screw cap?

I’m asking for a specific purpose where convenience is more important than exact varietal or any kind of pairing issues – will be for a camping trip and it will just be way easier to be able to easily open and close a couple bottles, especially if we don’t finish a bottle right away. Looking for stuff that is reasonably available in the US.

Appreciate any ideas!

Thank you.

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Tercero

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Plumpjack and Leeuwin?

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The best white wine dollar for dollar under screwcap is the Dönnhoff Estate Riesling.

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Ludes Thornicher is another great riesling under screwcap. McKinlay’s Willamette Valley is - imo - the greatest Pinot in the world under $25, and also happens to be bottled under screwcap.

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Henschke Hill of Grace?

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Brian Loring’s wines are very nice.

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And he’s been doing it since 2004.

Watch for some library wines on Berserkerday with wines that have been under screwcap for 10+ years…

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You will be hard pressed to go past the Leeuwin Art Series Chardonnay and the Felton Road Block 3 and Block 5 Pinot Noir.

New world wines under screw cap and made to very high standards

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Giaconda Chardonnay and Hill of Grace are up there.

Gregory Patriat bottled his 2005 Chambertin, Grand Cru under screwcap at Jean-Claude Boisset. It drinks wonderfully today. Might be hard to find though, as will be Giaconda.

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Thanks, Larry – and appreciate the mention (and reminder for me!) of Tercero being screwcap, Paul! Reminds me to bring along at least my bottle of 2014 White Hawk Syrah!

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I’m a bit late to the party compared to @Brian_Loring -
I started 100% screwcap in 2006 . . .

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Best? I don’t know, but Pra Staforte Soave is damn good.

https://www.vinipra.it/en/wines/staforte/

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Loring.
Parum Leo Pinot.
Bonny Doon Le Cigare in better vintages.
Some Carlisle appellation Zins were under screwcap IIRC.
Bedrock Lulu.

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the older Kelley Foxes under screw cap were always awesome. she switched to cork for everything though

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Tyrrell’s Sémillon Single Vineyard HVD.

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As many have recommended- look to Australia and New Zealand. +1 for Leeuwin.

Also, for camping, I’d recommend big bold wines that are young rather than subtle older vintages. Outdoors, next to a campfire, probably crappy drinking vessels- go for Shiraz with a screw cap!

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Consider cans!

Field Recordings does great, easy drinking reds and whites in 500ml cans. Or used to, at least.

I’m sure there are others and I wish there were hundreds more. Glass is important for aging. For 99% of the rest, it sucks. Granted, I’m not sure aluminum is better on the whole, but it’s easier to take camping, at least.

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Kyle,

The problem - no age ability with cans . . . And reduction tends to be a common problem…

Cheers

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Look to Germany and Austria, thousands of sc bottles-

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