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An amazing statistic wouldn’t you say? As part of a longer discussion over at Wine Sediments (a new wine blog with multiple contributors), this figure comes from a study done by Balzac Communications for the Portuguese Cork Association. What was the headline Balzac used for the study? U.S. Consumers Give Cork the Seal of Approval; [...]

It’s happened to me, and I’m betting most have had a similar experience. Over at a friends house, as I prepared to open a bottle of wine, I asked for an opener (a waiter’s friend), inserted the corkscrew in, started to twist, and was surprised when the worm detached and the opener broke. Great, now [...]

The French make the most wine in the world, but, their market share is sliding fast and they can be bumped out of that top spot sooner than they think, if things don’t change. Many are taking the first steps in remedying the situation by looking to the government for help, but is it because [...]

Screwcaps are continuing to win the praise of industry professionals. The University of Aukland studied the fruit factors in Sauvignon Blanc from both screw capped bottles and bottles sealed with natural cork. The study found that two fruity elements common in the varietal were 23% higher in the Screw Capped bottles.
“In all cases, the opinions [...]

As Screwcap Closures gain in popularity, more and more wineries will adopt them, which in turn means growth for the companies that provide them. Alcan, a global Canadian aluminum company responsible for the Stelvin Closure, announced it’s plans to build a wine packaging plant in Adelaide, Australia to better serve the growing needs of Australia [...]

I knew it. This study helps show that there are more bad bottles out there than people want to admit, or realize. Make way for screwcaps people, it’s a logical evolution.
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Another article on Screw Caps, written by the Arizona Republic.
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Largest wine producer in the US adopts screw tops
- 11/05/2004 - Corbett Canyon, the largest US wine brand, is converting all its 750ml bottles to Stelvin screw top closures in order to protect them from cork taint. But with many consumers still attached to the cork, are manufacturers too eager to adopt new [...]

BMW, VW, the autobahn, and now a glass wine stopper instead of cork. What will the German’s think of next. The glass stopper is the brain child of Alcoa, a German company, and will go head to head with screwcaps for market dominance in the closure business. The company thinks it has a leg up [...]

“Christopher and Darcy Davies kicked off the launch of their new magazine, Wine Country International, with a toast from a wine bottle with a screw-on cap - because that’s the type of magazine it will be, they said.” - Broomfield enterprise, CO
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