Reply to "how do those synthetic corks fair compared to real cork?"

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Originally posted by AndrewO:
Isn't Plumpjack performing the experiment you describe? I can't remember what year they started, but they are selling their Cabernet in two packs, one with cork and the other with a screwcap. I have also heard that for the on-premise market, their accounts have a choice of one or the other, and the screwcap sold out faster.

I believe they bottled the 1997 in this manner. I don't know about subsequent vintages.

9/24/0711:23 AM

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