During
Cape Wine, we were invited to the Westin Grand next to the CTICC by Amorim Cork
to attend the launch of their new cork closure, Helix, a mushroom shaped
composite cork designed for easy opening without a corkscrew. It is for use
with wines which will not be kept longer than two years. The bottles which have
a special raised helix in the neck, are manufactured at a factory in France.
The corks can be used on normal bottling lines with some adaptations.
The view from the top of the Westin Grand is
spectacular
The event was held in the upstairs conference facility
Leigh-Ann Mol was the MC
António Rios de Amorim, CEO of Amorim Corks in
Portugal tells us about the new composite Helix cork which is mushroom shaped
and shows us the new
cork being used in French and Italian wine bottles and in a
Krone Chardonnay/Pinot noir wine by Vinimark
This is how they are
being used in Europe with the cork visible and held on by a heat sealed plastic
cap
The Krone cap design tries
to echo a champagne cork and foil to show how easy they are to remove by just
twisting off
Abigail Rands of
Vinimark, who have plans to use the cork on some other brands as well
Some of the vegetarian
canapés served
Some fishcakes and some
filo pastries with a sweet chilli sauce
A red Thai curry was
gratefully received
And these were the
tempting dessert canapés
© John & Lynne Ford, Adamastor & Bacchus 2015