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Article: Finding closure; as market grows, oxygen transmission rates are at heart of alternative closure options.(COVER STORY)
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- Wines & Vines
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- August 1, 2008
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So, you've made your wine, and it's time to start thinking about bottling it. Which closure are you going to use? It's an important decision, but it's also becoming an increasingly complicated one. Of course it used to be easy, because the only decision that needed making was what grade of natural cork you could afford for each product. Now, if anything, there's too much choice, with very little information save for the varying claims of closure manufacturers and sales people.
While natural cork is still very important as a wine closure, and will likely always have a market (see "Natural Cork's Comeback," page 34), its shortcomings are well documented. As well ...