Guide No. 1
Revision I
Published on: 01/01/2008

Still wines bottling - Cork stopper application on a cork mouth finish

Scope of application

This guide applies to the capping of still wines with a cork mouth finish as per Cetie data sheet GME50.01 - CORK MOUTH FINISH FOR CORKS AND CAPSULES which has been used as a base for the European standard EN 12726 - PACKAGING - CORK MOUTH FINISH WITH A BORE DIAMETER OF 18,5 MM FOR CORKS AND TAMPER-EVIDENT CAPSULES.
If application is done on another finish, the user must carry out sealing tests to ensure that this application is technically acceptable.
The term “still wines” does not exist in the legislation. Still wines are defined as having a level of carbonation below 1,2 grams per litre of liquid, and for which the over-pressure due to carbon dioxide is below one bar in sealed containers when kept at a temperature of 20 °C.
For wines with a level of carbonation above 1,2 grams per litre of liquid (but below 2 000 mg), suitable stoppers must be used (diameter above 24 mm for natural cork, to be defined for other types of stoppers).

Table of contents

Introduction
foreword
1. Presentation of the study
2. Limits of the study
3. Capping
31. Presentation
32. Functions
33. Sealing
34. Suitability of stopper length/control height of the finish
35. Brief physical principles
History
First edition: 04/1992
Revision I: 2008 (For French and English versions only)
This guide is currently being revised. For more information, contact us.

Contributors

AMCOR FLEXIBLES CAPSULES, AMORIM CORK S.A, ANFEVI (Asociacion Nacional de Fabricantes de Envases de Vidrio), ARDAGH GLASS GmbH, ARDAGH GLASS LIMITED, ARDAGH GLASS PACKAGING S.A PROPERTY, ARDAGH GROUP NETHERLAND B.V, ARDAGH GROUP S.A. POLAND, AROL S.p.A., BA GLASS PORTUGAL, BACARDI & COMPANY LTD, BACARDI MARTINI, BERLIN PACKAGING, BERLIN PACKAGING ITALY, BERLIN PACKAGING LLC, BERTOLASO S.p., BRITISH GLASS (British Glass Manufacturers Federation), BUNDESVERBAND GLASINDUSTRIE E.V. (Federal Association of the German Glass Industry), CONCHA Y TORO, CONFÉDÉRATION EUROPÉENNE DU LIÈGE, CORK SUPPLY PORTUGAL, DIAM BOUCHAGE, REMY MARTIN & Co., ENCIRC GLASS, ETS ANDRE ZALKIN &, EXCELLENT CORK, FEDERATION FRANCAISE DU LIEGE, GERRESHEIMER ESSEN, GERRESHEIMER MOMIGNIES, GROUPE CASTEL, GROUPE ICV - CENTRE OENOLOGIQUE DE, LES GRANDS CHAIS DE FRANCE (GCDF), MICHAEL PAETZOLD, MOET & HENNESSY, O-I MANUFACTURING, O-I MANUFACTURING FRANCE, O-I MANUFACTURING ITALY, O-I MANUFACTURING, O-I MANUFACTURING, PACKAGING ALLIANCE EUROPE, PERNOD RICARD, SAROM PACKAGING, SAUDI ARABIAN GLASS CO., SAVERGLASS, STAZIONE SPERIMENTALE DEL VETROFAVARO, TAPI S.p.a., TREFFPACK – C.E. GÄTCKE'S GLAS GESELLSCHAFT, UNSCV (UNION NATIONALES DE SERVICES DES COOPÉRATIVES VINICOLES), VERALLIA FRANCE, VERALLIA, VETROPACK HOLDING, VIDRALA, VINVENTIONS, VINVENTIONS, WIEGAND-GLASHUTTENWERKE, WILLIAM GRANT AND SON'S DISTILLERS

Document under responsibility of working group:

Revision guide n°1
WG chair: Jean-Marie ARACIL - FEDERATION FRANCAISE DU LIEGE (FFL)
This joint group is supervising the revision of GUIDE N° 1 - STILL WINES BOTTLING - CORK STOPPER APPLICATION ON A CORK MOUTH FINISH and supports the updates of its related documents. This guide covers the overall functions and their limits, the functions of each component, the specifications of each of the components in relation to each other, and the appropriate application and conditions to fulfil the overall functions within the defined limits. It concerns mainly the bottling of non-carbonated wines known as "still wines".
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