Michael Pronay > wrote:

> Another interesting read: The Hogue study, as interpreted by the
> Wine Spectator:
>
> <http://www.winespectator.com/Wine/Daily/News/0,1145,2526,00.html>

From the article:

| The results didn't surprise David Forsyth, Hogue's director of
| winemaking. Hogue staff tastings (of their own wines and those
| produced by competitors) have revealed an 18 percent incidence
| of cork taint. And batches of corks purchased by the estate are
| often judged substandard. "We do a lot of sensory work on
| incoming corks, and we had to look at 40 different lots before
| finding one we could use. And even that had 2 percent taint," he
| said.

M.