Helix Closure Combines Tradition with Convenience for a satisfying “Pop”

Editor’s Note: O-I Packaging Solutions and Amorim Cork are one of the Wine Industry Network’s 2016 WINnovation Award winners for excellence in wine industry innovation.

There’s no denying the romance of opening a bottle of wine containing a cork. Peeling back the foil top, inserting the corkscrew, twisting, pulling and then hearing that satisfying pop as the cork comes loose, releasing the perfume of the wine’s aromatics with its promises of good things to come. Ah, yes.

But, there are also the stubborn corks that refuse to budge, and those that crumble or break during the struggle. Worse, there’s that ultimate, frustrating moment when you have the perfect bottle of wine in hand, but no opener in sight to access it, and you’re kicking yourself for not buying a screw cap version of your favorite beverage.

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Bronco to launch America’s first wine using the innovative Helix total packaging solution

Bronco Wine Company today announced that wines under its Red Truck® brand will feature the innovative Helix packaging, the world’s first cork stopper and glass bottle with easy-to-open and reclose technology. Helix was developed by Amorim and O-I, the world leaders in cork and glass packaging. Bronco’s Red Truck® will be the first US wine to bring this innovation to American wine consumers.

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Castellani “conquista il red carpet” del 68^ Festival di Cannes

Una presenza che dà lustro al vino italiano ed alla continua ricerca sui campi dell’innovazione e della sostenibilità che hanno fatto dell’azienda Castellani di Pontedera un punto di riferimento nel panorama vinicolo nazionale. Con il marchio di vini biologici ZioBaffa, infatti, l’azienda toscana sarà lo sponsor vino del padiglione americano (sicuramente tra i più gettonati al Festival) insieme a Coca Cola, Delta Airlines, Lenovo, New Yok Times Company, per citarne alcuni.

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Helix, le bouchon qui rêve de dévisser Bordeaux

Présenté pour la première fois il y a deux ans lors de la précédente édition de Vinexpo Bordeaux, le concept Helix de bouchon de liège dévissable et de bouteille incluant un goulot "pas de vis" adapté, développé en parallèle par le numéro 1 mondial du liège Amorim et le verrier américain OI, décide de passer à l’offensive en Bordelais... où il ne compte aucun client à ce jour.

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Le domaine Guizard innove

En collaboration avec deux grands noms, Amorim et O-I

Le domaine viticole Guizard, fondé en 1580 et installé à Lavérune, relance sa cuvée Folie d’Oc, grâce à une collaboration inédite avec deux géants du service aux viticulteurs : Amorim, le leader mondial (portugais) des bouchons en liège, et O-I, l’un des acteurs internationaux majeurs (américain) de la bouteille en verre.

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Le bouchon qui se passe de tire-bouchon

Le leader mondial de l'emballage en verre, l'américain Owens-Illinois, et le leader mondial du liège, le portugais Amorim, ont inventé une bouteille avec un bouchon en liège qu'on peut ôter à la main, sans tire-bouchon.
Tout le monde a déjà cherché un tire-bouchon. Plus besoin désormais de cet appareil pour ouvrir une bouteille, car le bouchon peut s'enlever d'un simple tour de vis. Du moins si la bouteille est équipée du goulot strié et du bouchon à rayures, un sytème mis au point par Owens-Illinois, leader mondial de l'emballage en verre, et Amorim, leader mondial du liège. Au bout de quatre années de recherches, qui ont nécessité 4 millions d'euros d'investissements, trois brevets ont été déposés pour l'innovation, baptisée Hélix.

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O-I lance le bouchon de liège qui se visse

Le géant du conditionnement O-I rentre en phase d’industrialisation d’Helix, une bouteille révolutionnaire, à pas de vis interne et bouchon ergonomique. L’usine de verrerie de Béziers a été choisie pour la fabrication du modèle bordelais. Le premier client est Val d’Orbieu-Uccoar (274 M€ de CA), avec 35 000 bouteilles déployées sur le marché néerlandais.

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Helix ‘cork with a twist’ is next step in wine closures from O-I, Amorim partnership

Leading cork producer Amorim and container glass giant Owens-Illinois (O-I) have launched Helix, a twist open/close cork and glass closure solution that targets the popular premium, fast turnaround still wine segment.

A direct response to the continued advance of metal screwcap closure systems for wine bottles, Helix is the result of a four-year partnership between Amorim and O-I.

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Le bouchon de liège réinventé

Si les bouchons de liège sont utilisés pour sceller nos meilleures bouteilles de vin, l’utilisation de ce matériau est aujourd’hui très contrôlée, laissant place à des bouchons artificiels, voire même en plastique. Des chercheurs ont mis au point un bouchon, en liège synthétique, repositionnable à volonté.

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Comment déboucher une bouteille de vin sans tire-bouchon

Il rendra peut-être le tire-bouchon inutile. Le concept inédit de bouchage des vins Helix vient d'être dévoilé au Salon Vinexpo, à Bordeaux, par ses deux inventeurs : Amorim, le numéro un mondial du bouchon de liège, et Owens-Illinois (OI), premier fabricant d'emballages en verre. Un mariage de raison dicté par la concurrence. Car le premier, qui vend près de 4 milliards de bouchons par an, commence à être concurrencé par ceux en plastique et, surtout, par les capsules à vis. Le second n'aime guère les contenants qui ne sont pas en verre, comme la canette, et surtout le « bag-in-box » de plus en plus populaire chez les cavistes. Les deux entreprises se sont aperçues, il y a quelques années, qu'elles travaillaient sur des projets proches et ont donc décidé d'associer leurs efforts pour lancer cette solution innovante, protégée par trois brevets, qui a mobilisé 5 millions d'euros sur quatre ans. Toute la difficulté était d'assurer un bouchage efficace, même bouteille couchée, tout en permettant une ouverture aisée et en garantissant la qualité du vin. Côté matériau, Amorim a utilisé l'un de ses produits phares, le Neutrocork, fabriqué en particules de liège naturel et déjà produit à 800 millions d'unités par an.

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Cork Vs. Twist-Off: The Debate May Be Over

For many people the wine cork has been the bane to fine dining and gracious living. The challenge is to get the corkscrew in just right and pulling it out without spilling anything. Worse yet is when the cork starts to break apart and you end up with bits of it in your favorite red. You could go with a wine that has a twist off cap, but that just never seems quite . . . civilized. You may no longer need to make such an agonizing choice.

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Twist and Pop ! La capsule à vis… en liège va-t-elle nous faire oublier le tire-bouchon ?

Plus besoin de tire-bouchon ? La méthode du Twist and Pop d’Helix.

Lundi 17 juin à Vinexpo, l’américain OI (pour Owens Illinois), leader mondial des emballages alimentaires en verre, et le portugais Amorim, numéro un des bouchons en liège, ont dévoilé Helix, le fruit de quatre années d’un travail commun. Ce concept inédit associe en effet « un bouchon de liège rainuré avec une bouteille en verre au goulot fileté » permettant de déboucher et de reboucher facilement une bouteille de vin tout en gardant le fameux « Pop » auquel la plupart des amateurs tient.

Helix: O-I et Amorim lancent le bouchon de liège qui se visse dans la bouteille de vin

« Il a fallu quatre ans de recherche et de test dans le plus grand secret pour mettre au point Helix : la bouteille au goulot fileté, dont les stries impriment un pas de vis à un bouchon de liège aggloméré au moment de la mise en bouteille. Le bouchon peut ainsi être dévissé et revissé sans effort. Cette innovation résulte des efforts conjoints de deux géants du conditionnement : le bouchonnier Amorim et le verrier Owen Illinois (OI), qui ont investi dans l'opération une partie de leur budget R&D, de l'ordre de 5 à 6 millions d'euros par an. »

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Corking news for wine

It’s a busy week for wine. The Grocer reported this weekend that retailers are ramping up their stock of Romanian wines, hoping that UK consumers will be wooed by the “phenomenal value for money” offered by Eastern European plonk. Elsewhere, Majestic Wine reported that its full-year profits were helped by online sales and fine wines.

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Twist-Open cork a ‘Game Changer’

Launched at Vinexpo, the Helix cork stopper can be opened without a cork screw in a design aiming to combine the premium image of cork with the convenience factor claimed by screw cap manufacturers.

The product represents the culmination of four years’ work between the two companies, who have invested a combined sum of around €5 million in its development during this period.

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Twist-off cork shifts the wine paradigm

What could be nicer than a picnic in a pleasant country field, a rotisserie chicken, a loaf of oven-hot bread and a nice bottle of wine? That is, provided you don't forget the corkscrew. This week, Amorim, the world’s largest manufacturer of cork stoppers, and O-I, the world's largest glass container manufacturer, made this nightmare scenario a little less likely by unveiling their Helix cork and bottle that are designed so that the cork can be removed with a simple twist of the wrist.

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Amorim releases screw-cork at Vinexpo

The Portuguese leading cork producer, Amorim has announced today the release of a new screw-cork named Helix, an innovative cork-glass wine packaging solution for the popular premium, fast turnaround still wine segment in collaboration with the American company, Owens Illinois, another leader in glass packaging wine packaging, writes Subhash Arora

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Twist-off wine cork could change everything

One of the biggest boons to the wine industry has been that once the cork came out, there was no putting it back in, forcing wine drinkers to either drink the whole bottle in one sitting or get creative and find something else to stop up the bottle.Thanks to a recent invention, corkscrews may soon be a thing of the past. No longer will we need a separate kitchen utensil to break into our beverage or jerry-rig a way to stop up the bottle.

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Corking idea

The wine cork could be set for a return to the mass market with the launch of a re-sealable one.

The Helix cork and its bottle have a thread finish so drinkers can twist the stopper open and closed again, creating an airtight barrier. It will be unveiled at an international wine fair in Bordeaux today.

Stopper is corker

A wine cork that twists off and is re-sealable is being launched in France today. The Helix gadget appeals to wine lovers who prefer cork to plastic stoppers.

New twistable corks save wine – and your tastebuds

Twist or push: The Helix cork

You want to be a hit at that dinner party so splash out on a flash bottle of plonk. When the evening arrives you uncork your prize, raise a glass and… spit out a mouthful of cork.

Well, no more -a twistable, re-sealable version of the original wine cork could be the answer to your problems. The Helix cork and bottle has a thread finish that allows drink...

Accordo tra Amorin e O-I, arriva Helix il rivluzionario tappo di sughero a vite

Cosa succede quando la più grande azienda produttrice di sughero del mondo (Amorim) e il primo produttore in Europa di contenitori e bottiglie di vetro (O-I) uniscono le forze? Succede, ad esempio, che dopo quattro anni di studi, tre brevetti e un numero infinito di test condotti sul campo, veda la luce una soluzione di packaging come non ne erano mai state concepite prima, capace di ritagliarsi un ruolo da protagonista assoluto nel mondo del vino.

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Old favourite’s new twist

The corkscrew's days could be numbered as the launch of the Helix threaded cork at the International VinExpo in Bordeaux puts a new twist on the traditional stopper.

Twisty cork is toast of wine world

CORKS for wine bottles could be set for a return with the launch of a twistable version that re-seals - with no need for a corkscrew.
The Helix cork and its special bottle have a thread to allow tipplers to twist the stopper out and back in, creating an airtight barrier.

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Remembrance of Sounds Past

Our senses are highly interconnected. Something that is pleasurable to one sense becomes associated with pleasure to another. Beautiful food tastes better and diners who like the background music enjoy the flavours more. Crisp makers pack their nibbles in crinkly bags because we subconsciously associate the sound with freshness and crunchiness. Crisps that don’t crunch when you bite them simply do not taste as good.

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Vins : flacon et bouchon de liège à vis, c’est Helix(ieux)

Pour véhiculer, préserver et commercialiser les vins, y compris les plus fins, des vignerons, œnologues et amateurs avertis préconisent la capsule métallique vissée. D'autres, pour les vins de moyenne garde, se prononcent pour les bouchons synthétiques. Bref, le liège est pris en tenaille, sauf pour les grands vins de longue garde… Une société du Portugal, l'un des principaux fournisseurs mondiaux de liège, a trouvé une solution originale : le flacon et le bouchon à pas de vis. Avantage : ouverture aisée, plus besoin de reboucheur-stoppeur (pour préserver le reste du contenu). Désavantage : sans doute un prix plus élevé, si cette solution ne se généralise pas assez vite.

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Corkscrew obsolete?

Finally, wine lovers will be interested to hear about the invention of a cork that does not need a corkscrew.

According to the Times, it is called the Helix cork - and it has a thread finish that drinkers can twist in and out of the neck of the bottle.

Its creators, a Portuguese cork manufacturer and American bottle maker, hope it will revive the popularity of corks which they believe drinkers have always preferred.

The Mail says the companies claim that wine stored with a Helix cork tastes no different to a classic bottle, and important factors used by critics to judge wine - such as colour and smell - are also unaffected.

Twistable cork set to be unveiled

The much-loved original wine cork could be set for a return to the mass market with the launch of a twistable and re-sealable version that could do away with the corkscrew.

The Helix cork and accompanying bottle have a thread finish to allow drinkers to twist the stopper open and closed again, creating an airtight barrier.

It will be unveiled at the International VinExpo wine fair in Bordeaux, and its makers say it could be on shop shelves in Europe within the next 24 months.

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New twist for traditional bottle stoppers

The vintage way to seal wine bottles may be making a comeback with the development of a cork that does not need a corkscrew.

Cork, taken from the bark of a species of oak, was long the only material used by the wine trade, but when it began to be blamed for “cork taint”, winemakers looked for alternatives.

Plastic stoppers were developed but the screw top, which was adopted by New World vineyards then many others except the most exclusive, became the most popular choice. There is no taint and, if need be, a bottle can easily be resealed.

The wine cork with a twist… You can screw it into the bottle

  • New twisty cork and bottle to keep wine fresh to hit markets
  • Has a screw thread that drinkers can twist in and out of the bottle
  • Producers say the Helix is soon to hit the shelves on the UK market

If your enjoyment of a good Shiraz or Chardonnay has ever been delayed by having to hunt through the kitchen drawers for a corkscrew, help is at hand.

A new invention combines the tradition of a cork stopper with the convenience of a screw cap, meaning summer picnics and romantic dinners could be just a little bit simpler from now on.

The Helix is an old-fashioned cork stopper – but it has a screw thread that drinkers can twist in and out of the neck of the bottle.

It comes with a bottle which has a matching thread, so it can be tightly resealed to keep the contents fresh.

The innovative design is the result of a joint effort by Amorim, the world’s largest wine cork manufacturer, and O-I, the biggest global maker of glass containers.

They are optimistic that it could be seen on shelves soon.

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The wine cork with a twist… You can screw it into the bottle

The Helix is an old-fashioned cork stopper 23:01 GMT, 16 June 2013 23:01 GMT, 16 June 2013 But if the Helix proves successful, it could make a traditional cork The companies claim wine stored in the Helix tastes no different to a classic bottle ’Unlike other devices designed to keep wine fresh once it has been opened, the Helix cork can also be used for champagne, resealing it so well that a partially empty bottle will still produce a satisfying pop when it is opened.

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Amorim announces ‘new generation’ spiral wine stopper

Cork manufacturer Amorim has got together with O-I, the world’s biggest glass company, to create what they call 'a new generation' of stoppers.

Helix is a grooved agglomerated cork stopper, which fits into specially-cast bottle with a matching thread in is neck.
‘It offers user-friendly “twist and pour – twist and close” opening and resealing, alongside all the premium image and proven performance of natural cork and glass,’ the companies say.

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New twistable corks save wine – and your tastebuds

You want to be a hit at that dinner party so splash out on a flash bottle of plonk.

When the evening arrives you uncork your prize, raise a glass and… spit out a mouthful of cork.

Well, no more – a twistable, re-sealable version of the original wine cork could be the answer to your problems.

It was unveiled at the International VinExpo wine fair in Bordeaux today, could be on shelves within two years.

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Twistable cork set to be unveiled

The much-loved original wine cork could be set for a return to the mass market with the launch of a twistable and re-sealable version that could do away with the corkscrew.

The Helix cork and accompanying bottle have a thread finish to allow drinkers to twist the stopper open and closed again, creating an airtight barrier.

It will be unveiled at the International VinExpo wine fair in Bordeaux, and its makers say it could be on shop shelves in Europe within the next 24 months.

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Amorim et O-I vont dévoiler une innovation

Al'occasion dc Vinexpo Bordeaux (du 16 au 20 juin), le groupe portugais Amorim, leader mondial du liège, doit dévoiler un concept innovant pour le conditionnement des vins, lundi 17 juin, dans les salons de l’hôtel Pullman. Antonio Amorim, PDG du groupe, et Erik Bouts, président Europe d’O-I, leader mondial du packaging en verre (une usine à Vayres - 33), présenteront Helix, système permettant le débouchage et rebouchage sans tire-bouchon... une capsule revisitée ?

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Vinexpo : les portes sont ouvertes, retrouvez la rédaction et les équipes de Vitisphere stand A 55 !

Le salon des professionnels du vin et des spiritueux vient d'ouvrir ses portes à Bordeaux. Les accés aux parkings du parc expo sont déjà encombrées, les stands finissent d'être montés et les allées résonnent de nouveau de l'euphorie d'une filière en soif d'affaires. Dans l'attente de l'inauguration officielle qui marquera le début de l'édition 2013, les visiteurs jasent déjà sur les panneaux qui annoncent un "twist inattendu", les fournisseurs Amorim et OI présentant demain un emballage révolutionnaire, helix : un bouchon en liège se vissant sur sa bouteille en verre (pour en savoir cliquer ici).

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