Normacorc wins innovation award

By Carol Emmas

Published: 08 November, 2013

Alternative wine closure producer Nomacorc, has won the Innovation Challenge's New Technology Award for its Select Bio Series, which is the world's first zero carbon footprint wine closure.

Hosted in Italy by the Simei-Enovitis tradeshow, the New Technology Award recognizes the company's achievements in developing the closure. The Innovation Challenge rewards companies in the wine trade who are directly investing in innovation, and who are contributing to the advancement of the wine industry sector.

Submissions were evaluated by a technical committee composed of representatives from viticulture, enology, the scientific community and member wineries of the Unione Italiana Vini (UIV) trade organization.

Nomacorc's Select Bio closure was unveiled this past April and is engineered to be the best closure solution for sustainable wineries and their wines, Select Bio is 100 percent recyclable and made using renewable, plant-based biopolymers derived from sugar cane.

The closures will mirror Nomacorc's current Select Series portfolio in oxygen management performance, and will help minimize the environmental impact of wines by preventing spoilage and waste from cork taint and oxygen-related wine faults, such as oxidation and reduction. Currently, the closures are being trialed by a select group of Nomacorc customers and the full portfolio will be commercially available for the 2014 bottling season.

Lars von Kantzow, president and chief executive of Nomacorc, said: "As an industry focused around farming and ecology, we recognize the importance of developing our closures in a smart and sustainable way. We are extremely proud to be cited for our hard work in developing the world's first zero carbon footprint wine closure, Select Bio, and our achievements in innovation and sustainability."

Nomacorc will be showcasing the first wine trialed under Select Bio, San Polo Montalcino Rubio by customer Allegrini Estates during the Simei-Enovitis tradeshow where tasting will be held on November 12, 2013 from 11:00 - 18:00 at the Nomacorc booth, Padiglione 15 - Stand E21-F22.

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