Can be named ’cork’ without being?
Can be named ’cork’ without being?
Ver mensaje de joseHi all,
I’m finishing a bottle of Marqués de Cáceres Rosé (not a big thing, but I was curious about this wine) and in the cork appears something that translated looks like this:
’We’ve chosen this cork to preserve the quality and freshness of this wine’
The crux of the matter is that it’s not a cork! It’s synthetic! Is it in or out of the law?
Thanks and regards,
Jose
Re: Can be named ’cork’ without being?
Ver mensaje de joseMy, this is an interesting one. I suspect a court in the UK might not be interested on the grounds that you bought primarily the wine and the packaging is secondary. The bottle will not say that there is a ’cork’ or a ’plastic stopper’ as labelling regulations have not ( yet ) got that silly.
It is certainly misleading as you describe it but I have no idea what the Spanish authorities might make of it.
What is most important is this continued rush to use non cork stoppers. I can understand why it might be used for wine with a short shelf-life but it has no place in the neck of a bottle of fine wine.
Save the cork forests I say!
Riki