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w w w. v w m m e d i a . c o m M a y - J u n e 2 016 | V I N E YA R D & W I N E RY M A N A G E M E N T 4 3 Portocork (Napa, Calif.) is also offering the technology on its corks. "Our customers can buy the cork they've always bought or they can buy that same cork that's been screened through this system," says Dustin Mowe, president and CEO of Portocork. The corks will be referred to as "ICON certified using NDTech technology" and will cost 15 cents more per cork. M o w e s a y s t h e c u s t o m e r response thus far has been sub- stantial. "Our biggest issue right now is capacity," he says. "When we tell people it's only 15 cents more, they're all in. It's a no brain- er." Mowe says ICON certified corks are currently on allocation, but he expects additional capacity as the year progresses. Meanwhile, M.A. Silva (Santa R o s a , C a l i f . ) a n n o u n c e d w h a t it calls its "onebyone" technol- ogy, where each cork is individu- ally tested for the presence of TAINT-FREE MANUFACTURED CORKS France-based Diam Bouchage released a new closure in 2015, D i a m - 3 0 , d e s i g n e d f o r w i n e s intended for long-term aging. "It has the same guarantee that we give every DIAM cork," says Fran- cois Margot, director of commercial exports at Diam Bouchage. "We guarantee the cork is free of TCA and other anisoles, we guarantee the consistency of the OTR and we give a 30-year guarantee on the mechanics of the cork." M a r g o t s a y s D i a m - 3 0 w a s d e v e l o p e d u s i n g t e c h n o l o g y applied in the airplane industry. "Every material — it's true for plane wings, it's true for cork — will lose elasticity over time," he says. "We've worked to acceler- ate the aging process to figure out how the elasticity of the cork will evolve over time and over differ- ent temperatures and conditions. TCA, down to 0.5ng/L, far below the human detection threshold. "This automated testing method is really a breakthrough," says Neil Foster, president of M.A. Silva. "It's an awesome time for the cork industry to be able to break ground on delivering corks that are 100% taint free." M.A. Silva's technology uses gas phase spectroscopy for its analysis. "It isn't the same as what we've seen in the market to-date. It's a different technology," Foster notes. "It's real-time testing, so it can measure continuously. There's n o h u m a n s u b j e c t i v i t y. " T h e onebyone testing costs approxi- mately $150 more per 1,000 corks. "Our regular corks that we sup- ply to many already perform to extremely high standards with very little taint, however, this extra step and new technology for additional cost provides a guarantee of zero TCA," he adds. Customize your glass closure with colors. The most stylish closure in the world also became the most creative one. The new design possibilities let you create a closure that is just as unique as your product. See more at www.vinoseal.cz have fun with colors Vinoseal-VWM2016.indd 1 01.04.16 14:38