Articles tagged with the word "OTR":
DO + HO = TPO (the new equation for successful bottling)
Forget closure OTR (oxygen transmission rate) for the moment. In closing up a wine bottle, TPO (total package oxygen) is where the TLAs (three letter acronyms) are at, and the bottling operation is the bigger oxygen issue by far.
New wine stoppers
There is an increasing range of wine-bottle stoppers coming onto the market, both for still and sparkling wines. The latest products are all here.
Oxygen gets into closed bottles
Far from being hermetic seals, oxygen gets into wine even though the bottle is still sealed. Closure manufacturers make their cases.
Random oxidation – the facts
What causes occasional bottles of wine to become oxidised? Is it the stopper, whether cork, screwcap or synthetic? Or is it much more complex an issue?
