Specially manufactured cork; see under DIAM.
Brand name (abbreviation for "diamond process"), for a special agglomerated corks for still wines, sparkling wines and spirits (picture). The product was developed by the French company Sabaté, the second largest cork producer worldwide, in seven years of cooperation with the CEA (Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique). The raw material is high-quality bark cuttings from the cork oak (i.e. no waste products). First, all the wood particles are sieved out of the fine granulate. This is then cleaned with hypercritical...
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