A bottle of sparkling wine will retain its fizz for several days after opening with a new resealable closure. Closure company Zork has launched the product in Australia & N Zealand, & claims a 'major brand' will release the first resealable sparkling wine July/09. The bottle pops like a traditional closure when opened. The polyethylene cap is then pushed back on to the bottle to retain the wine's sparkle & freshness. Initial tests by the Australian Wine & Research Inst show it can prolong the life of sparkling wine after opening & "Can provide equivalent or superior performance to traditional cork." Zork CEO Dave Pahl told decanter.com 'We have 3 major multinational drinks companies interested in the product. They have been carrying out technical trials for the past 12m.' Within 10y, it aims to have a 10% share of the 2bn sparkling closure market. The company plans to launch in Europe within six months and hopes to have three manufacturing plants on the continent in three years' time.
