California competitors join in search for cork alternative

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Major California wineries, such as Sebastiani, Kendall-Jackson, Clos du Bois, Robert Mondavi and Beringer, and other investors from the private sector have provided more than $2 million worth of capital to finance Neocork Technologies Inc.'s efforts to develop an alternative for corks used in wine bottles. The joint venture is in latter phases of its research and development initiative for potential cork substitute neocork, which is manufactured from polymers endorsed by the Food and Drug Administration, and is in the process of developing stoppers for sparkling-wine bottles.

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Receives from major CA wineries $2-mil in capital for its efforts to develop an alternative for corks used in wine bottles

Author: Sogg, Daniel
Publisher: Marvin R. Shanken Communications, Inc.
Publication Name: The Wine Spectator
Subject: Food and beverage industries
ISSN: 0193-497X
Year: 1998
Receipt of funds, Company Planning/Goals, Wineries, Use of Funds, Wine, Cork Disks & Washers, Robert Mondavi Corp., Washers (Fasteners), Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates Ltd., Wine World Inc., Cork products, Article, Sebastiani Vineyards Inc., Clos du Bois Wines, Neocork Technologies Inc.

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The great cork debate

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A comparison between the virtues of cork with the advantages of alternative closures for wine bottles is presented. While the advocate of cork emphasizes its traditional values and presents environmental considerations to support his argument, the opponent points to the defectiveness of most corks, and their inability to preserve the longtime quality of wines.

Publisher: Marvin R. Shanken Communications, Inc.
Publication Name: The Wine Spectator
Subject: Food and beverage industries
ISSN: 0193-497X
Year: 2005
Wood products, not elsewhere classified, Cork, Usage, Materials, Wine bottles, Cork (Materials), Closures (Packaging)

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