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51. Wine Corks
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Length:
16 minutes
Released:
Jun 10, 2024
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Podcast episode
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Why do we use a specific kind of tree-bark tissue to seal up 70 percent of wine bottles? Zachary Crockett takes a sniff and gives the waiter a nod. SOURCES:Carlos De Jesus, director of communications at Amorim Cork. RESOURCES:"This Ancient Material Is Displacing Plastics and Creating a Billion-Dollar Industry," by Marta Vidal (The Washington Post, 2024)."Troubled Times For Wine In 2023: Global Production And Consumption Shrinking," by Per and Britt Karlsson (Forbes, 2024)."Three Studies Take A Look At Various Wine Bottle Closure Preferences," by Thomas Pellechia (Forbes, 2019)."How Millennials (Almost) Killed the Wine Cork," by John Gifford (The Atlantic, 2016).
Released:
Jun 10, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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