The Australian Wine Research Institute

Sparkling wine closure trial

• Expression of Interest

Closure assessments

• Introduction
• Oxygen transmission rate testing
• Consumer impact studies (O'Brien, V., Francis, I.L., Osidacz, P. Packaging choices affect consumer enjoyment of wines. Australian & New Zealand Wine Industry Journal 48-54 : 2010. Reprinted with permission)
• Red wine closure trial
• AWRI Collaborative Closure Trial

Total package oxygen (TPO)

• Why and how TPO should be measured
• TPO Calculator
• TPO calculator fact sheet

Bottling line assessments

• Benchmarking of oxygen management at bottling
• Case study: Benchmarking results from the oxygen management audit of a mobile bottling line