UK retailer Sainsbury is to launch a range of wines that feature
specially treated corks. The new technology, which is said to
protect the product from cork taint, is being touted as the
possible saviour of the wine cork industry...
Despite the concern that it can cause TCA - the mouldy smell
attributed to bad wine - natural cork is the preferred closure for
most US winemakers, according to a survey carried out on behalf of
the Amorim cork group.
The Prince of Wales has issued an attack on the environmental
impact of using synthetic wine closures, boosting the cause of
consumers and conservationists who have been fighting producers'
increasing use of wine closures other...
