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George M. Taber lecture: “To Cork or Not to Cork”
Deluca hosted a lecture of famed wine writer George M. Taber, author of “Judgment of Paris”.
George M. Taber’s new book, “To Cork or Not to Cork” focuses on the dilemma about cork problems in the wine industry. The author discusses what alternatives there are to remedy this problem, if any.
The truth is that there is no perfect cork as George stated so unequivocally or there would be no cork taint in today’s wine.
The book presents different enclosure methods other than cork, the pros and cons associated with them and talks about the polemic that surrounds the various options. I have not read this book yet so I will not comment further until I have.
My two cents on why Australian wines are the worlds most corked? It is not the long journey from Portugal to Australia, in my opinion, as South American wines do not suffer from this issue. I think it is that Australian customs fumigates all incoming containers containing “wood” based products and that the problem is probably related to the fumigation process. Did I hit the nail on the head with my theory?
Cheers!