GALLO CORKED WINE
November 1st, 2003
BY MONICA DOBIEE & J Gallo, the second largest wine producer in the world, has confirmed that some bottles of wine processed in their Sonoma, California, facility have been tainted with TCA, which causes wine to be 'corked'. The contamination was first reported in the Wine Spectator, after a critic detected "chalky" and "bitter" flavours in a Gallo wine and arranged for it to be analysed. Mary Wagner, chief technology officer for Gallo, said that the company does not how much wine was affected.However, she said that only traces of TCA have been found and that ...
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