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.