https://www.winebusiness.com/news/?go=g ... aId=239648The world’s largest cork producer announced a major enhancement to its production process that it claims has reduced the amount of TCA and other sensory contaminants to levels below accepted sensory thresholds.
Following the enhancements of its production processes in Portugal, Amorim plans to deliver 350 million corks by the end of the year that it can guarantee are free of TCA or other impurities that could compromise a wine.
Amorim Announces TCA Reduction Breakthrough
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Amorim Announces TCA Reduction Breakthrough
This is very good news.
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Would this be good news for wine only or part of the port industry
Vintage avant jeunesse/or the other way around . . .
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All wines and PortLuc Gauthier wrote:Would this be good news for wine only or part of the port industry
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Would vintage ports benefit more than tawnys
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I would say yes because most tawny’s are composite T-corks. But overall I’d say it benefits all.Luc Gauthier wrote:Would vintage ports benefit more than tawnys
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