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NEWS ABOUT: cork

cork stories: 2 news summaries




 Mais Non! French Ditch 
 the Champagne Cork 

Don't fret: new metal cork will still create pop and fizz

Apr 17, 09 9:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fed up with imperfect corks tainting its high-end Champagne, one French winemaker is tossing tradition aside in favor of a—gasp!—aluminum cork. BBC reports. Before you faint in horror, Duval-Leroy stresses that this is no screw-top cap: the new plug will make the same pop and spray a... More »

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France • champagne • wineries • cork • Duval-Leroy

French Wine Goes Pop

Wineries try 'New World'-style screw
caps, snazzy labels
to revive sales

Apr 27, 08 6:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - A screw-top Bordeaux? The once-laughable notion is bubbling up in France these days as wine makers try to reverse decades of sour sales, the AP reports. Even snazzy labels and boxed-wine-with-a-straw are fair game, after French wineries exported a record $15 billion last year with "New World"-style packaging. More »

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France • wine • red wine • wineries • wine industry • cork

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