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BEST ALTERNATIVE CLOSURE SUPPLIER * NOMACORC Belgian businessman and wine connoisseur Gert Noël came up with the idea to create an alternative wine closure after opening several bottles of wine at a family party that had been ruined by cork taint. Applying more than 40 years of experience manufacturing products derived from the cellular extrusion of synthetic materials, Noël and his son, Marc, launched the project in 1993, determined to create a wine closure based on foam extrusion technology. The team spent six years in research and development before introducing the first Nomacorc closure in 1999. Based in Zebulon, N.C., Nomacorc has enlarged its U.S. headquarters to meet demand and has expanded its global presence by establishing facilities in Belgium, China and most recently, Argentina. Over the years, Nomacorc's product line has evolved to include a catalog of wine closures, each designed for different winemaking styles, oxygen-management requirements and shelf-life expectations. The company strives to provide closures with the best possible wine preservation performance, working with winery clients to find new and better ways to make sure their customers experience each wine as the winemaker intended. With the help of its academic research partners around the world, Nomacorc has taken a position at the forefront of oxygen management science. Its latest tools and innovations were designed to support and serve winemaker intention in pursuit of more consistent and fault-free wines. The company's most recent addition, the Select Series, was created to specifically meet the complex oxygen management requirements of various wines. BEST LABEL PRINTER * COLLOTYPE LABELS In 1903, a small print shop took its name from the best reproduction process of the day, collotype. Since then, that print shop has grown to become the world's largest printer of premium labels. Since printing the first wine and spirit labels in the 1920s, Collotype has driven many of the innovations that have seen labels evolve from a simple description to "little works of art," playing a vital role in the marketing mix. Located in top wine-producing regions around the world – including Napa and Sonoma – Collotype supports the expanding global wine market, specializing in premium labels for the wine and spirit industries. The company's goal is to achieve the best printing efficiencies while delivering maximum shelf impact. To that end, Collotype has invested in leading-edge print technologies that allow it to find the right fit for customers' projects, whether the process is PS or sheet-fed, flexo, offset or digital. Collotype has also invested in research and development resulting in proprietary substrates such as Killer White – a white uncoated label paper with special water holdout retardants for better ice bucket and refrigerator performance – and other print embellishments to deliver the best value for quality. w w w. v w m media.com M a r - A p r 2 0 13 | V I N E YA R D & W I N E RY M A N A G E M E N T 41