A BIG thank you to Ray at French Oak TV out of Brookline, Massachusetts for allowing me to be on the show! Check out my appearance where I talk about closures and the pros and cons of each.
For those of you who visit the Boston area, I highly recommend that you go to the restaurant where we filmed the segment, Lineage. AMAZING food in a really pretty setting. http://frenchoaktv.com/2010/11/corks-synthetics-screwcaps-we-need-some-closure-here/
December 6, 2010
Wine For Normal People Tackles The Issue of Closure on French Oak TV...
2 comments:
Hello-
This was my first experience seeing Elizabeth. I really enjoy the style of presentation and relaxed feel which comes with the information she presents.
I do not agree with everything I heard in this video. But we do get our facts where we find them.
FYI: http://www.corkfacts.com/publications/2010jul27.htm
"...2-8% (cork closures tainted)" To me this seems grossly overstated.
Screw caps are mechanically the most efficient closure. But the cork tree lives. It has a negative carbon footprint. And since the invention of engineered, natural- cork based closures, there is simply no reason to use synthetics any more. Synthetics are actually more expensive than some of those technical, natural- cork based products.
Just my 2 cents.
Hi Joe,
Thanks a million for your very nice words and completely constructive comments! Great thoughts.
A few things on "facts," which it seems are completely subjective on corks/screwcaps/ etc. (It's really hard to get good data).
I got my numbers based on ranges from a couple of sources -- an article in Wine Spectator, which looked at a few different "objective" reports and scientific studies: http://www.winespectator.com/webfeature/show/id/40516 and a fellow blogger in the UK who has done a ton of work in the area, Jamie Goode, http://www.wineanorak.com/yetmorecork.htm.
The site you list above is a great one, but keep in mind that it's made by Amorim, the largest producer of cork closures in the world. As Wine Spectator says, they certainly have an incentive to remedy the issue, but also to do good PR for cork that includes very subjective studies. It's hard to publish bad stats on your own product, even if they may be true.
I'm with you on banning synthetics -- no need for those anymore!
I also am personally in agreement with you on cork, but there has been a RAGING debate on LinkedIn within the Wine & Spirits group after a comment was made by a famous Australian winemaker that cork was actually "anti-green." I'm going to attach the link here so you can see the hundreds of comments (I'm in that group too) and see what the "opposition" says.http://www.linkedin.com/groupItem?view=&gid=44979&type=member&item=29660079&qid=acd91ac5-8b00-4653-b63d-56b6669b6a0f&goback=.gmp_44979
So, like everything, it seems fact is hard to come by! Check out all of this stuff and let me know what you think after you read the research!
Thanks so much for writing and for your great comments!
Elizabeth
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