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Alternative wine closures are substitute closures used in the wine industry for sealing wine bottles in place of traditional cork closures. The emergence of these alternatives has grown in response to quality control efforts by winemakers to protect against " cork taint " caused by the presence of the chemical trichloroanisole (TCA).
The choice of closure depends on issues such as the risk of cork taint, oxygen permeability and desired life of the wine. [3] Another factor is consumer reaction, with the wine-buying public in Australia and New Zealand positive to alternative closures, while opinion is divided among consumers of the United States. [4] In Europe, perceptions ...
Granholm v. Heald, 544 U.S. 460 (2005), was a court case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in a 5–4 decision that ruled that laws in New York and Michigan that permitted in-state wineries to ship wine directly to consumers but prohibited out-of-state wineries from doing the same were unconstitutional.
Nomacorc now known as Vinventions, is a company producing engineered synthetic corks for wine bottles. [1] Nomacorc closures are co-extruded [ 2 ] to manage the oxygen transfer rate for wine, reducing 2,4,6-trichloroanisole (TCA), more commonly known as cork taint .
A wine bar and live music venue that has been in the Bluffton Promenade since 2007 is serving its last Old Town customers on Saturday night. Corks Wine Bar and Restaurant is closing its doors ...
Wine enthusiasts and the state of Rhode Island are facing off in court over the ban on wine delivery from out-of-state.
The report estimated that the state's wine and grape industry generated a total in $2.4 billion in federal, state, and local taxes, including business, excise, and sales taxes. [1] A 2017 report commissioned by the New York Wine & Grape Foundation estimated that the New York wine industry supported 62,000 direct jobs paying $2.4 billion in wages.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York's state prison system has been holding inmates in solitary confinement for too long, in violation of state law, a state judge ruled this week.