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Examples
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It is a Soave Classico but cannot be labeled as such because the Pieropans elected to use a stelvin closure, which is not DOCG-approved.
Italy's Soave Makes a Refreshing Return Lettie Teague 2011
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Once we truly master the wine craft-personship required by the use of stelvin closures, maybe that will be the path to take.
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Natrual cork is well and truly the minority closure in Australia, and as a buyer and drinker I feel pleased that stelvin, DAIM and even vino lok are more common.
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I know this was not stored in ideal conditions, yet the stelvin closure really held this wine together (aka please open/decant this wine early!)
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I may knock anything but a traditional cork, but the most recent time I enjoyed this wine it happened to be because it has a stelvin (screw) top and we didn't have a cork screw.
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