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Wine Related Question Sparkling wine & Champagne wine corks.

It seems that the corks used for sparkling wines and Champagnes are made with 2 types of cork that are laminated together. Why is this?

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Answer by: Roger C. Bohmrich, MW

The typical cork used for Champagne and other premium, full pressure sparkling wines is a usually a combination of an upper agglomerated cork section to which two or three discs of high quality natural cork are bonded. It is this lower part that is in contact with the Champagne, thus limiting the incidence of taint. Cost is a major reason for the composition, since the corks employed for sparkling wines are large (and straight-sided) before they are compressed by about 40% to be inserted into the bottle.


About the Expert:
Roger has enjoyed a lengthy career in the wine trade, and he last served as a senior executive with a major national importer. In 2006, he launched Millesima USA, a retail entity affiliated with Europe's leading fine wine mail order company. Roger became one of America's first Masters of Wine in 1993, and he has been very active as an educator and speaker at wine festivals and conferences. He hosts a community television program entitled "Wine's Simple Pleasures," and is currently working on a book of original recipes and wine pairing solutions.

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