Photos: Popping the cork on ad campaign for winemakers
Several winemakers, including the Francis Ford Coppola Winery in Sonoma County, are helping with a massive ad campaign championing the benefits of using real cork in wine bottles. Above, bottles and labels are inspected for imperfections before being boxed up. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
The wine cork industry is tired of losing market share to screw caps and synthetic closures and has launched a multimillion-dollar ad campaign aimed at Northern California winemakers.
The bottling line at Francis Ford Coppola Winery has machinery that corks each individual bottle. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
Bottles are loaded onto the bottling line, where they are first cleaned before being filled, corked and boxed up for shipment. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
Corks fall into a bin along the bottling line at Francis Ford Coppola Winery. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
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A 2014 claret runs down the bottling line at the Francis Ford Coppola Winery. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
A view of the Francis Ford Coppola Winery swimming pool, a rarity at a winery. Coppola’s winery also features memorabilia from his films as well as a full-service restaurant. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
Oak barrels are lined up at the Francis Ford Coppola Winery. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
Francis Ford Coppola Winery’s vineyards are showing their fall colors. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
