CO VER S T OR Y Closure Suppliers COMPANY
ACI Cork USA Inc. APCOR –
Portuguese Cork Association
All American Containers – Pacific Coast
Amcor Flexibles American Canyon
aacwine.com
All American Containers Inc. aacwine.com stelvin.com
Amorim Cork America Bravo Bottling
Brick Packaging LLC Bruni Glass Packaging
amorimca.com bravobottling.com WEBSITE
acicorkusa.com realcork.org
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California Glass, a Saxco Co. calglass.com Carolina Wine Supply Cork Supply USA CorkTec CorkWest
Cortica Benicia (CB USA) Crosby & Baker Ltd. Custom Molders Group
carolinawinesupply.com n corksupply.com corktec.com corkwest.com cbcork.com
crosby-baker.com packagingwow.com
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Gabriel Cork America Inc. Ganau America Inc. Global Package LLC
Guala Closures North America
Heinrich Gültig Korkwaren- fabrikation Gmbh
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g3enterprises.com encoreglass.com g3enterprises.com
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Lafitte Cork & Capsule Inc. lafitte-usa.com Lakewood Cork
MALA Closure Systems Inc. mala-usa.com Newpak USA Nomacorc
Pfefferkorn & Co. GmbH
Phoenix Packaging International Corp.
corksupply.com nomacorc.com pepco.de
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between the lesser of two evils." Thus, the birth of VinPerfect, an oxygen-control liner that he hopes will be quickly ad- opted by the companies that produce the actual aluminum screwcaps.
"Customers will order caps from their current supplier and just ask them for a VinPerfect liner," he said hopefully. Although unwilling to name wineries that are testing the product, Keller stated, "I can say this: We have yet to talk to a sin- gle winemaker who was not interested." Winemakers opting for screwcaps face other challenges: Bottles become an issue because, as Swain noted, "Quality control becomes more difficult than corking." Appli- cator torque is vital, and the quality of glass in the bottle neck is more critical, he said. When bottling in screwcaps, "We are check- ing every capper head for torque every hour. With oxygen such an important vari-
able, "Headspace oxygen is probably the last remaining part of the process that really needs focus," Keller said. "If you take a bottle designed for cork
and then just put a thread on it, you can fill that bottle to 750ml and have well over an inch of headspace over the wine. That is a problem. Screwcap bottles should have their own molds that deliver the right volume without so much headspace.
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