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Old Sep 11, 2010 | 10:29 pm
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Jazzop
 
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Originally Posted by tuapekastar
... and no chance of cork taint.
False.

It annoys me that the word "cork" is used to describe TCA (2,4,6-trichloroanisole) contamination of a wine. Cork is the most common vector for TCA to make its way into a wine, but many other implements used in the winemaking process--notably, wooden barrels--can be just as guilty.
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