Strange New Wine Closure.....

Opening a btl of Timorasso last night from Boveri, I found this new/weird artificial cork. Called Ardea Seal:
ArdeaSeal1
ArdeaSeal2

It's an Italian product. Maybe the best artificial cork I yet seen, at least in terms of working w/ the corkscrew.
I expect we'll be seeing more of these. Easy to identify by the bright red ring on the top when you remove the capsul.
Pics on the links.
Tom

[Robin Garr]

Interesting stuff, Tom. Time will tell, of course, and it will take some time to see how it plays out.

I have to say that both Stelvin-type screw caps and Diam corks seem to be working very well for me. I'm not sure it's time yet for wine geeks to yell "Mission accomplished," though.