TCA No Longer A Major Problem In USA Says Industry Leader

A leading American professor of enology and wine judge has stated that TCA is no longer a major problem for the United States wine industry.

In a report published in the May/June 2009 edition of Vineyard & Winery Management, Dr Christian Butzke said TCA was no longer a major issue from both a consumer and winemaker perspective.

Considered one of the leading wine experts in the US, Dr Butzke is a professor of enology at Indiana’s Purdue University and is president-elect of the American Society for Enology and Viticulture.

From his experience reviewing the thousands of international and US wines submitted to the Indy International Wine Competition, Dr Butzke says he believes cork has achieved a performance rate exceeding 99 per cent.

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