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Screw Caps for Cork "Richard Neidich" wrote ........... privates, Te Mata is a long established producer with a stellar reputation - their Coleraine (Bordeaux Blend); Elston (Chardonnay) & Bullnose (Syrah) all feature among NZ best in each of those varietal categories - so there is no doubting their credentials. By co-incidence, I have recently spent two weeks in Hawkes Bay, and took the opportunity to again visit Te Mata, and had a couple of glbuttes with Nicholas Buck. (Mark Lipton and Ian Hoare will well remember our meeting with this impressive young man). We discussed the subject of cork vs screw cap at some length. Much of their thinking is summed up in the last sentence of this article "It is a changing world in the area of wine closures in recent years, but we feel that we are offering the best closure for each wine style consistent with our experience and **knowledge to date**." And that is the key - they are *not* happy with traditional corks and believe that the DIAM closure may offer the solution. Te Mata would infinitiely prefer to use cork (in their ageworthy wines) but simply cannot take the chance - it is like a lottery. Please don't make the mistake of thinking that Oeneo's DIAM closure is cork - they themselve call it a closure; and they are also keeping their feet on both side of the fence - Oeneo also manufacture screwcap closures. Just when does your first cheque arrive from the Lobby-for-Cork Insbreastute ;-) -- st.helier
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