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The Alliance for Innovative Wine Packaging (AIWP) is an association of people and organizations that recognize and embrace a new era of wine packaging options.

AIWP's mission is to reset the shelves of the world's wine marketplace by advancing the culture of wine through innovative, exciting and easily accessible packaging. From screw caps on traditional wine bottles, to premium wine in boxes, PET plastic, flexible packaging, aluminum containers, and beyond, our forward-looking members are at the forefront of a revolution in wine access.

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Bruno de Saizieu of Alcan Packaging Capsules, Stelvin speaks to quality and explosive growth of screw cap sales at The Great Cork Debate in Napa


"Australia has gone from 45 percent to 65 percent [screw cap usage] in a year and a half," said Mr. de Saizieu. "South America has gone from only 10 million last year to 100 million this year, and will increase to 150 by next year. Mr. Robert Parker has boasted that by 2015, screwcaps will be in the majority."

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George Taber, Author of "Judgement in Paris" Pens New Book, "To Cork or Not To Cork" with Scribners



For nearly four centuries virtually every bottle of wine had a cork in it. But starting in the 1970s, a revolution began to topple the cork monopoly. In recent years, the rebellion has been gathering strength. Belatedly, the cork industry began fighting back, while trying to retain its predominant position. Each year 20 billion closures go onto wine bottles, and, increasingly, they are not corks.

With a thorough command of history, science, winemaking, and marketing, Taber examines all sides of the debate. Along the way, he collects a host of great characters and pivotal moments in the production, storage, and consumption of wine, and paints a truly satisfying portrait of a wholly intriguing controversy. As Australian winemaker Brian Croser describes it: "It's scary how passionate people can be on this topic. Prejudice and extreme positions have taken over, and science has often gone out the window."

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