The Problem with Plastic Corks
© M.H. Jeeves
"A winemaker I know once did a test to see how plastic corks affect a wine's flavor. He filled empty wine bottles with water, put plastic corks in them and stored them in the cellar. After six months, certain bottles tasted like a Barbie doll—and those were the best ones."
—Aldo Sohm of NYC's Le Bernardin
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Published
October 2010
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