Sentences with phrase «cork taint»

Another problem with cork is that it can lead to «cork taint,» from the presence of 2,4,6 - trichloroanisole (TCA), which imparts an aroma similar to a moldy rag.

In double - blind tastings, the subjects recognized cork taint from TCA at concentrations as low as 10 parts per trillion.

Among the services DP&F can provide are assistance with sales and purchases of wineries and vineyards, debt / equity financing, grape sale / purchase agreements, alcohol beverage regulation, land use planning, environmental regulation, establishment of wine appellations, broker and distribution agreements and terminations, license transfers, labeling matters, litigation involving wine contamination (including cork taint), and business succession planning.

Cork Producers Step Forward TCA - Free Future Natural cork producers are ramping up their efforts to stay ahead of alternative closure suppliers with the development of new technology that promises to eliminate TCA cork taint...

TCA Cork Tainted Wines Remain Low, but Screwcaps Stay Strong: Now that we've finished our annual look back at cork performance in Wine Spectator's Napa office blind tastings from the past year, it appears the incidence of cork taint has remained near last year's all - time low...

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The wine may have been tainted by TCA anywhere during production however the natural cork is usually the source of the problem.

A few cork companies have recently begun to use machinery that is able to sense and remove tainted cork during the processing stage.

«Corked Wine» is spoiled wine which has been tainted by microbial infected cork.

Hitherto cork issues such as taints, bottle variation, premature oxidation and reduction, have been an issue, but CorkGuard overcomes these concerns.

As an added quality factor, all of Baily's wines are sealed with Nomacorc ®, a synthetic cork that has all of the attributes of natural cork without the chance of tainted wines or bottle - to - bottle variation.

They will then observe the cork processing, cleaning and sorting processes in Amorims cork manufacturing plants in the Alentejo and Lisbon, plus attend a technical masterclass on common wine faults, TCA and other chlorine based taints.

U.S. cork importers have created a rigorous testing system to weed out tainted cork while the Portuguese cork industry has launched an extensive $ 8 million campaign to commend the natural cork.

Wine producers argue over the number, but somewhere between one and 12 percent of all wine bottles sealed with organic cork are found to be tainted.