From a BBC article on Portugal wine makers:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programme...nt/8420787.stm

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My guess is it is not some weird fetish, but making use of the fine mesh
of chemically neutral nylon to catch cork pieces and sediment.

Is that the case?

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