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Default Aging Corks Fail ??

Tough to put a cork screw through though - LOL. It looks good, but it is
still using rubber to separate wine from air.


"Joe Sallustio" > wrote in message
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> 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