Reeling in Wine Consumers

Put a cork–or something–in it

Sage also references the growing movement to replace corks with lower-cost screw caps, which reportedly are less prone to bacterial contamination from the cork, said to result in the spoilage of up to five percent of all wines. Alternative closures also include “corks” made from synthetic materials and “glass-on-glass” stoppers, such as Alcoa’s Vino-Seal.