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Wine: bargains in red and white.
The latest trend in wine will give comfort to anyone who has tried to coax a cork from a bottle only to have it split in two. Traditional corks are being nudged aside not only by synthetic corks, but also by screw caps that are better-designed descendants of those that sealed jugs of the cheap chablis you may have consumed years ago.
Thirty-one percent of U.S. wineries surveyed by Wine Business Monthly now use plastic corks for some or all of their products, while 21 percent use a plug of cork particles bound by plastic or glue. Although only 5 percent of wine makers surveyed used screw caps last year, the caps are an up-and-coming closure. Beringer, Kendall ...
- Rieslings -- With a Twist; Screw Caps Lifting-off in the UK & Australia.
- Press release article from: Business Wire May 15, 2002 700+ words
...the world's first major trial of screw caps has pleased UK supermarket powerhouse...acceptance of the red and white wines in screw caps which is terrific," said Mr. Reedman...first major wine producers to introduce screw caps across its core portfolio of best selling...
- Top Washington Winery Considers Switch to Screw Caps.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News April 26, 2004 700+ words
...about 70 percent of their bottles with screw caps. And the decision is expected by mid...industry are watching what Hogue decides. Screw caps are controversial, even among wine experts...qualities or romance of natural cork. "(Screw caps) appears to be the best closure for...
- Speedy wine line applies screw caps: A new high-speed bottling line at Stone...
- Magazine article from: Packaging Digest Mans, Jack August 1, 2007 700+ words
...momentous decision. It decided to apply screw caps to some of its wines instead of corks...accomplish this. It is currently applying screw caps to its sweet and semi-sweet wines...says senior winemaker David Johnson. "Screw caps are a better closure, but they have...
- The Hogue Cellars Announces Results of Screw Cap Closure Study; Screw Caps...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 30, 2004 700+ words
...percent of total production -- in Stelvin screw caps with Saranex liners. The wines will...researching the effects of two kinds of screw caps, two brands of synthetic corks, and...have come to the conclusion that Stelvin screw caps best preserve the quality of wine in...
- Screw caps may replace cork, synthetic stoppers in American...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times August 6, 2003 700+ words
...look-a-likes, plastic stoppers, screw caps. You may have noticed that even expensive...in bottles at your local wine shop - screw caps and synthetics formed out of plastic...of being far less susceptible to TCA. Screw caps offer a more radical alternative because...
- M2: Screw caps are hip and trendy; RAISE A GLASS.(Features)
- Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England) September 7, 2002 700+ words
...has just announced that it is adopting screw caps for its whole range, across all price...with alternative stoppers. When Stelvin screw caps were first introduced in France, they...and never caught on. The link between screw caps and cheap wine was difficult to shift...
- Unscrewing device prevents misalignment of eccentric screw caps.(INJECTION...
- Magazine article from: British Plastics & Rubber October 1, 2006 700+ words
...threaded parts. It has been designed specially for eccentric screw caps and to ensure precise stop positions of the rotating cores...inaccurate positioning which can spoil the optical impression of screw caps when applied to a container. The device has a hydraulic motor...
- Sabate USA Becomes Oeneo Closures USA; Napa-Based Subsidiary Diversifies...
- Press release article from: Business Wire January 11, 2005 700+ words
...also announced that it is marketing a new product line of screw caps to support the changing demands of the wine-making industry...cork-based composites to all natural corks, and, now, screw caps. We believe our company name-change better reflects the...