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Article: Why one winery switched to artificial cork. (St. Francis Winery)
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- Wines & Vines
- Article date:
- August 1, 1993
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St. Francis Winery in Sonoma Valley has completed a one-year program designed to gauge the effectiveness and consumer acceptance of a new synthetic cork as an alternative to natural cork for bottling wine.
Called Cellukork |TM~, the new stopper is made from an inert material to prevent the tainting and leakage caused by corks cut from natural wood bark.
In June and July of 1992, St. Francis began a trial production run in which 2,700 cases of its most popular vintages--including a '90 Zinfandel, a '91 Chardonnay, and an '89 Cabernet Sauvignon--were bottled using The synthetic.
Nearly one year later, the winery reports that initial test results are ...