CORKS
Fall Bright, The Winemakers Shoppe

Corks:  Agglomerated:  particles compressed, very dense, easiest inserted with a floor corker,  minimize soaking, these corks hold up very well and are the lowest in cost.  

First Corks:  a fair cork for a wine that will keep 2 years or less.  We only carried the 9 X 1 3/4.  Will insert well with all hand corkers.  NOTE: We do not carry first grade corks anymore. They were a lesser quality cork and we had too many complaints of leakage.

     These are Premium corks.  If I had a close up of the first grade, you would be able to see that these are a higher quality.  They are more expensive but worth the cost to age your premium wines.  

  Altec or Reference Cork 

Altec or Reference Cork 
Name change from the Altec, as Sabate was bought out by Oneo, but same great cork, even a little better! In producing the superb REFERENCE corks, natural cork is micro-fragmented, and most of the TCA (cork taint) bearing material is removed. The remaining pure cork flour is blended with a very small percentage of polymer, which enhances the natural elasticity and sealing properties of the cork. The result is a nearly 100% natural cork, perfect in shape and without defect or pores, superior in appearance and sealing quality, and with far lower TCA levels than other corks. The REFERENCE corks also recover shape immediately, permitting bottles to be place on their sides at once. REFERENCE corks give you a perfect seal, and a superior appearance, every time!

Supreme Corq  are a thermoplastic elastomer.  We use to carry a tan color in the  9 X 1 1/2 size.  These definitely require a floor corker.  No soaking before insertion.
They have been discontinued in favor of the Nomacorc.

   The Nomacorc (Classic) we sell are unprinted and tan in color as shown. 

Nomacorc plastic cork, tan color, unprinted in 9 X 1 1/2 and 9 X 1 3/4.  Nomacorc  is a little easier to insert.  We were able to insert these with the double lever corker and with difficulty with the Gilda.  Holds up well.  Again, no prior soaking.  The winemaker can use a piece of fishing line tied to a dowel to ease the insertion of plastic corks.  Insert the line into the bottle before corking.  Pull it out (with aid of the dowel) after the cork is in.  This allows an air exchange.