NEATCORK
NOVEL METHOD TO REMOVE CHLOROANISOLES PRESENT IN CORK STOPPERS
| Coordinatore | UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART
Organization address
address: Keplerstrasse 7 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Germany [DE] |
| Totale costo | 1˙354˙171 € |
| EC contributo | 1˙010˙600 € |
| Programma | FP7-SME
Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs |
| Code Call | FP7-SME-2010-1 |
| Funding Scheme | BSG-SME |
| Anno di inizio | 2011 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2011-01-01 - 2012-12-31 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART
Organization address
address: Keplerstrasse 7 contact info |
DE (STUTTGART) | coordinator | 51˙127.89 |
| 2 |
AFS ENTWICKLUNGS + VERTRIEBS GMBH
Organization address
city: Horgau contact info |
DE (Horgau) | participant | 236˙649.30 |
| 3 |
"MAQUINARIA MODERNA, S.L."
Organization address
address: "CALLE GRECIA, POLIGONO INDUSTRIAL CAN FERRER 12" contact info |
ES (SANT SADURNI D'ANOIA) | participant | 231˙594.80 |
| 4 |
ANTONELLI SAN MARCO SS SOCIETA AGRICOLA
Organization address
address: LOCALITA SAN MARCO 60 contact info |
IT (MONTEFALCO) | participant | 209˙664.39 |
| 5 |
CHAMPAGNE LAURENTI PERE ET FILS SARL
Organization address
address: RUE DE LA CONTRESCARPE contact info |
FR (LES RICEYS) | participant | 209˙664.39 |
| 6 |
ASSOCIACIO D'EMPRESARIS SURERS DE CATALUNYA
Organization address
address: CALLE HORTAL D'EN POU 60 contact info |
ES (PALAFRUGELL) | participant | 34˙320.00 |
| 7 |
ATEKNEA SOLUTIONS CATALONIA, SA
Organization address
address: CALLE VICTOR PRADERA 45 contact info |
ES (CORNELLA DE LLOBREGAT BARCELONA) | participant | 17˙145.60 |
| 8 |
LABORATOIRE EXCELL
Organization address
address: RUE DU GOLF 10 contact info |
FR (MERIGNAC) | participant | 14˙889.60 |
| 9 |
Plasma Clean Limited
Organization address
address: Grafton Street 46 contact info |
UK (Manchester) | participant | 5˙544.03 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'Cork taint refers to a common fault in wine, associated with the presence of haloanisole compounds (particularly, 2,4,6-trichloroanisole or TCA) in large enough concentrations - above 3 ng/l, to degrade the sensorial attributes of wine. Cork taint affects as much as 5% of the bottled wine in Europe, and results in annual losses of €700M. Cork stoppers are the main TCA contamination source. Even though cork stoppers are already treated in the cork manufacturing plant to prevent cork taint, recontamination occurs unavoidably as a result of the presence of chlorophenolic and other non-biodegradable chemicals in the environment, which are transformed into anisole compounds by metabolic reactions related to the presence of fungi. Currently, there is not any effective technology in the market to grant the absence of haloanisoles in cork stoppers. This project aims at developing a new TCA decontamination method that will be easily adapted and integrated “in-line” into any existing wine bottling line. The technology has already been tested at the laboratory scale, and has demonstrated its effectiveness to degrade TCA, in spite of the high chemical stability of this chemical. By performing this treatment immediately before sealing the wine bottles, the risk of recontamination will be virtually eliminated. Through a group of SMEs in the consortium, it is foreseen that this technology will be industrialized and commercialized within a short period after the completion of the project. The availability of this technology will benefit thousands of Europan small and medium size wineyards, which will be able to further improve the quality of their products, and avoid costs associated with unsatisfied customers.'