Top Portuguese Wine Producer Switches to Caps
This is definitely interesting: the Quinta do Cotto vineyard is switching from cork to aluminum bottle caps. Considering pretty much all cork comes from Portugal, this is a pretty gutsy move for him. Miguel Champalimaud, the owner of the vineyard, doesn’t seem to say anything about whether corks or better or not for wine. Instead, he seems only to say that the move would save about 25 cents per bottle and that cork prices are now too high.
