Cork Screwed: Screw Caps Ace Test

Harvey Steiman
Issue: May 31, 2010

If wine fans needed any more proof that the romance of pulling a cork is passé, a 10-year study undertaken by the Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI) vividly shows what happens to good wine under different closures over time. And it showed that TCA, or cork taint, is just one problem with corks.

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