You’re correct that synthetic corks won’t absorb any wine to give you a signal that your bottle may have leaked. But yes, if ...

Wine producers’ exasperation with this phenomenon explains the recent increase in the use of synthetic corks and screwcaps. Screwcaps provide the perfect seal, with different types of liner allowing ...

However the trend away from cork stoppers could lead, in the worst case scenario, to synthetic and screw tops holding 95 per cent of the closure market by 2015. This would result in the loss of 62,500 ...