Amorim has achieved a major technological breakthrough to become the world’s first cork producer to deliver natural cork stoppers to winemakers with a non-detectable TCA guarantee.
HELIX, the cork & glass solution with an ‘unexpected twist’. The two global leaders in wine packaging, Amorim and O-I, today announced at Vinexpo the European launch of HELIX, an innovative cork-glass wine packaging solution for the popular premium, fast turnaround still wine segment.
Leading Barossa Valley winery Rusden Wines has announced it is giving up on screwcap closures after five years as a result of persistent quality control issues and will now bottle its entire product range under cork.
The continuing development of China as a major consumer of wine is seeing the nation emerge as an important player in the growth of both the wine and cork industries.
Leading cork producers have declared a “return to cork” during the recent Vinexpo exhibition, citing strong sales figures for natural cork wine stoppers throughout 2010 and positive signs in the first quarter of 2011.