Specialist Report: Der deutsche Weinbau edition 24/08

How does a company from such a clearly beer-dominated region arrive at the manufacturing of wine bottle corks? "It started as a hobby", explains Josef Müller, who worked for many years as a development engineer for Siemens and has always enjoyed tinkering. The initial spark that began the shift to a real commercial endeavour came from an acquaintance, who complained about the tragedy of the cork that gave the wine industry so much trouble.