[Growwine] Wine Bottle Closures

[mauro@ridgepointwines.com]

Paul

We at RIdgepoint wines decided not to go to screw caps. They have their 
own set
of problems that dont get mentioned too often.  You have to also ensure the
capper is working properly to ensure there was a proper seal.  We moved to the
Diam cork, which is considered a Technical Cork.  Its natural cork that been
ground up, washed in a liquid co2 bath and then glued back together with an
inert glue.  THis process also results in every cork being identical and
therefore no bottle variations exists.  At the end of the day we have 
cork that
is guaranteed cork taint free and allows the wine to age gracefully.  In
addition, cork supports cork farming and has a lower carbon footprint then
screw caps

Mauro
Ridgepoint Wines




Quoting Paul Bulas <pabls at yahoo.com>:

> I will add that as a consumer, I have had okay luck with solid,
> high-quality cork - although two recent good wines I bought had good
> corks and ... they were badly corked!!  More and more I am getting
> partial to the screwcap.  I definitely dislike synthetic corks - I
> get a vinyl-like plasticky thing in many of the wines; reds taste
> strangely thin under these plastic corks.  And besides, what do fake
> corks do that a screwcap can't do better?
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: John
> To: growwine at littlefatwino.com
> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:26:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [Growwine] Wine Bottle Closures
>
> Most of the manufacturers of synthetic corks originally had some
> problems which may have ben addressed. The hard plastic corks
> (Supreme?) were dificult to remove and provided too much of a seal. 
> Noma had their share of problems as well. We tested them and had
> oxidation problems, the skin curled up when inserted into the bottle,
> leakers, etc. They now have resolved most of these issues, I believe. 
> They have 4 different ones that I am familiar with. The cheapest is
> really only for maximum 12 month storage so you have to choose the
> correct one to suit your needs. Sabate made the Altec and had lots of
> TCA problems that took years to resolve, but now they have a
> reasonably priced synthetic called the Diam and I have used them as
> an amateur for years. The KW Winemakers Club has gone through 20 or
> 30 thousand of these with no problems that I am aware of. Several
> wineries in the area use them.   At Kacaba, we use only good quality
> corks (cost about $.50 ea). If we were to choose an alternative , we
> woud go screw cap. We sell to a lot of licencees (restaraunts) and
> they tell us that they and their customers prefer corks first, then
> screw cap and finally synthetics.   John
>
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Mauro Scarsellone
Ridgepoint Wines
3900 Cherry Avenue
Vineland, ON
L0R 2C0