Wine Closures Conference Hold at Chardonnay of the World 2009 - Burgundy - France - March 2009

The Chardonnay du Monde

A growing screwcap path

The 16th annual World's Best Chardonnay wine competition was held March 11-14, 2009 at Château des Ravatys, the wine estate of the Pasteur Institute the Burgundy wine (France)

The Chardonnay du Monde® international competition recognises the world's best Chardonnay wines by awarding them with reliable and representative medals. This event is unique in terms of its scope, its method and its ambition: international in scope and a seldom reached diversity: around 1.000 wine samples, 37 countries, 300 international expert judges.

This year the organisation committee has evaluated that the share of the Chardonnay bottled with screwcap has been doubled in comparison to 2007

Guala Closures Group held a presentation regarding the screwcaps cultural and technical issues together with two other famous wine industry supply companies: Zalkin for the capping head and application systems and Saverglass for the glass requirements.