Let me Breathe

Many alternatives have come to play in the wine closure market in the last decade. In most recent years, screwcaps. Closure is a given, but to cork or not to cork, that is the question!

Recent studies have show that screwcaps are causing some post bottling sulfur chemistry, know in the trade as reduction. This causes a rubber-like characteristic due to chemically reduced sulfur as a result of lack of oxygen to the wine.

Natural cork comes from sustainably harvested cork forests that support an array of wildlife. You may be suprised to know that removing the bark from a cork oak does not kill the tree, and cork oak trees store CO2 in order to regenerate. In fact, a harvested cork oak absorbs 3 to 5 times more CO2 than an unharvested tree, thus benefiting the atmosphere! We breathe better and so does the wine!

In the final analysis, we chose good old-fashioned CORK. In our opinion, it's better for the wine, better for the environment, and what's more we still love that romantic POP!