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Date Submitted: 09/03/2015 04:03 AM
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Subject: Recommendations for wine bottle closures
Coyote Creek Winery Chief Executive Officer Joe Naas conducted a meeting on 9 February 2015 to pursue recommendation reports for wine bottle closures from his staff members. Coyote Creek Winery presumably vintage the best wine in 2014, which is expected to be a bestseller. The wine is named “Coyote Creek private Reserve 2014” and is currently aging in oak barrels, scheduled to be bottled in 2016 and to make its debut in 2017. The constant concern of cork taint motivated CEO Joe Naas to determine the most suitable closure for the “Coyote Creek private reserve 2014”.
Recommendation
I recommend the screw cork over the traditional or the synthetic cork for the “Coyote Creek private Reserve 2014”
Description of traditional cork, synthetic cork and screw caps
Traditional Cork
Cork is a raw material, a 100% natural plant tissue, which is harvest from the outer bark of the evergreen oak tree (Quercus suber L). The oak tree grows for 40 years before it can be stripped of the first layer of bark. The stripping of the bark occurs in a repeating 9-year cycle between the month of May and August when the tree undergoes the most active phase of growth. This ensures the least amount of damages during the strip. Highly experienced professionals perform the delicate harvest using the only suitable tool: an axe. The cork oak is the only tree whose bark regenerates with a smoother and higher quality bark following each harvest. Portugal is the largest cork producer with a worldwide market share of 55% followed by Spain, Morocco and Algeria. The biggest oak tree forest occupies 2.2 million hectares and is found in the West Mediterranean basin (Amorim).
The bark is composed of microscopic honeycomb shaped cells filled with air-like...