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In the Italian region of Veneto, a common term (also "Tappo Spago" = string, twine, cord) for a special cork closure of Frizzante (Sparkling Wine). Sparkling wine under 3 bar carbon dioxide pressure is exempt from a possible sparkling wine tax. Since the design of the bottle, such as mushroom corks and Agraffe (wire cage), was also used as a criterion for taxation, the winemakers used a normal cork and secured it with the spago. Meanwhile, modern bottling plants can hold the corks without spago, but the tradition has been maintained for aesthetic and traditional reasons.

Spago - Bottles

Trademark

Today, the closure with an attached note serves more as decoration or as a trademark. Untying the cord, similar to removing the capsule from wine bottles, has developed into a ceremony and also serves as proof of originality. The cork with the spago protrudes slightly from the neck of the bottle.

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