| 41. | The winery offers its reserve cabernet sauvignon in a twin-pack _ one bottle with cork, the other with a screw cap.
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| 42. | Domaine Laroche in Chablis, France has been bottling its Chablis, Premier Cru and Grand Cru under screw caps since 2001 vintage.
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| 43. | Some 25 different producers in the Clare Valley of South Australia now use screw caps on some of their premium wines.
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| 44. | Since 2002, Leeuwin Estate has bottled all their wines under screw cap due to cork taint and Premature oxidation problems under cork.
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| 45. | The Australians are watching the New Zealand program carefully to see if they too should use screw caps in their export market.
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| 46. | In 2008, the ban led Italian producer Allegrini to withdraw from the Valpolicella Classico denomination in order to use a screw cap.
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| 47. | Since 2012, Australian mass producers of sparkling wine have begun using screw caps in place of the traditional cork & wire closure.
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| 48. | In Napa, PlumpJack Winery started placing screw caps last year on its reserve cabernet sauvignon, which sells for $ 145 a bottle.
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| 49. | Preliminary reports indicate that the screw cap is by far the best way to preserve fruit and freshness, particularly in white wines.
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| 50. | Screw caps are ideal for retaining the fresh fruit aromatics and flavors of fruity whites such as Riesling, Gewurztraminer and Chenin Blanc.
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