The problem you are seeing is one of the reasons I use synthetics
now. :0)

There is a very cool new closure out now but the people who make it
(Alcoa) only work through a distributor who wants to sell millions at
a time to wineries. It's basically a glass stopper with a viton
seal. You can find them on Alsatian wines right now, other may use
them too. They are expensive but seem to solve all the problems with
closures. It's a very cool closure and it goes in like any stopper,
no tools needed.

Here is a link:

http://www.jobwerx.com/news/headline...id=946962.html


Joe