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To cork or not to cork : tradition, romance, science, and the battle for the wine bottle

text To cork or not to cork : tradition, romance, science, and the battle for the wine bottle

Taber, George M.

Summary
Taber explores the most controversial topic in the world of wine: what product should be used to seal a bottle? Should it be cork, plastic, glass, a screwcap, or some other type of closure still to be invented? For nearly four centuries virtually ... Read more
Contents
Nature's nearly perfect product -- The making of a cork -- Science in the service of wine -- The long search for an alternative -- A disastrous decade for Portuguese cork -- The rise of Australia -- The French cover-up -- Supreme corq breaks the m... Read more
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vii, 278 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publisher
Scribner 2007
MARC Permalink

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 641.22 TAB in Adult Non-fiction Available

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