Stop by our booth #110 and learn about our corks or request samples. We will be exhibiting all our corks from the unparalleled charm of natural corks (PURE) to the consistency of technical corks (TECH) and on to the exceptional brilliance of our sparkling wine corks (PERLAGE).

Discover EPIQ: a premium natural cork, meticulously crafted from the finest raw materials. Each cork undergoes rigorous selection and advanced steam cleaning processes to ensure exceptional neutrality. We guarantee that every individual cork contains no detectable levels of TCA — all verified by robust scientific research and cutting-edge technology (TOF-MS).

Ganau America
WIN Expo Booth: 110

Founded on the Italian island of Sardinia in 1941, Ganau relies on nine decades of experience and the integration of modern technology in its pursuit to produce the finest corks possible. The recent integration into the Tapi’ Group further elevates Ganau’s commitment to quality and innovation.

Tapì, a global leader in closures for premium, super-premium, and luxury spirits, and Ganau, a renowned Italian producer of high-end wine corks, are proud to announce that Ganau joins the Tapì Group. Together, they are poised to make a significant impact in the industry by offering a comprehensive range of high-end sustainable closures.

The integration of Ganau into the Tapì Group creates a synergy that will enable both companies to offer a comprehensive range of closure solutions and to better serve an increasing demand for innovation, quality, and superior service across the wine and spirits sectors.

Tapì will be incorporating Ganau’s high-end natural and micro-agglomerated cork stoppers into their closure offerings while Ganau will gain access to Tapì’s extensive international network, facilitating global expansion and broadening their customer reach.

Ganau’s decades-long experience in cork closure production has established the company as a key reference in the industry. This legacy has guided the rebranding strategy, leading to the adoption of a new tagline: ‘Cork Another Way’, which succinctly defines Ganau’s core values and mission within the cork closure sector. Ganau aims to be recognized for its excellence, innovation, and commitment to sustainability, while placing great value on the Italian supply chain.

Roberto Casini, CEO of the Tapì Group, commented on the acquisition: “This strategic partnership consolidates Tapì’s position as a leading innovator in closure solutions for the luxury spirit segment. While we’re already at the forefront of synthetic closures, this merger propels us into a leadership role in natural and micro agglomerated cork stopper manufacturing, particularly in the high-end segment.

“Ganau’s reputation in exceptional quality makes them an ideal partner. Together, we’re prepared to elevate our service to premium spirits clients around the world”.

The Ganau Family added “We are delighted to join the Tapì Group as a natural evolution of our long-standing collaboration. This union will enable us to offer our clients even more innovative and high-quality wine cork closures. Furthermore, it marks a significant milestone in our global expansion strategy, reinforcing our position in international markets.” 

THE TAPÌ GROUP

Tapì Group, acquired by British private equity firm Stirling Square Capital Partners in February 2023, is a global leader in the design, production, and distribution of innovative closure solutions. While primarily focused on the premium beverage sector, TAPÌ’s expertise extends beyond spirits to include wine, beer, condiments, and cosmetics. With a workforce of over 900 professionals worldwide, Tapì serves more than 5,000 clients across 80 countries. The company’s global footprint encompasses production facilities, commercial offices, research and development laboratories, and an extensive distribution network, solidifying its position as an industry innovator on an international scale.

GANAU

Founded in Sardinia in 1941, Ganau relies on nine decades of experience and the integration of modern technologies to produce high-quality wine closures. With head quarter in Tempio Pausania (Italy) and divisions in Epernay (France) and Sonoma (United States), Ganau is the preferred choice for discerning winemakers around the world.

The Ganau family will retain partial ownership of the Ganau group. Adema, Francesco, Mauro and Mariella Ganau will continue to manage Ganau SpA and its subsidiaries, ensuring continuity in leadership and maintaining the company’s longstanding commitment to quality and innovation.

Building upon the success of UNIQ which is widely recognized as the leading sparkling wine closure for both wine aromatics and pressure resistance, Ganau recently unveiled their cutting edge sparkling wine cork, PHÉNIX, during the Viteff trade show in Epernay, France.

After several years of testing, Ganau has successfully combined the proven reliability of UNIQ with a high end natural disc end. This latest innovative offering allows wineries the opportunity to maintain the traditional cork aesthetic with the added value of UNIQ. 

The future is looking bright, welcome to the Ganau family, PHÉNIX.

First to screen natural corks using high-resolution TOF-MS, a technology that sees what others simply can’t.

With continuous internal calibration and five independent channels of identification, the Epiq System delivers unmatched precision, reliability and confidence.

Epiq corks screened at ≤0.5 ng/L, and now the first on the market at ≤0.3 ng/L.

Three cork collections, one unwavering commitment to quality. Journey with us from the unparalleled charm of natural corks (PURE) to the consistency of technical corks (TECH) and on to the exceptional brilliance of our sparkling wine corks (PERLAGE).

“What's so great about UNIQ is getting a closure that is perfectly consistent and will support the wine aging and development over a 10 to 15 years period”

Hugh Chappelle

Quivira Vineyards

Wine Spectator Top 100 Winemaker, Hugh Chappelle, highlighting the many benefits of UNIQ.

"I have been using UNIQ since 2014. I began using them on my SB and have been very happy with the performance. I am now using them on my entire line of wines including our age worthy Cabernet and Bordeaux blend. I would definitely recommend UNIQ to anyone interested in a taint-free, consistent closure for their wines"

 Scot Covington

Winemaker 

WIN EXPO is coming up. Come see us at Booth 112.  We have a wide variety of corks with new technology in place to share. UNIQ has been named the finest closure by several premium wineries worldwide. 

Don’t you want to know why? 

Ganau Launches EPIQ

Corks with threshold of ≤0.5 ng/L TCA backed by peer-reviewed science

Ganau reveals EPIQ, a natural cork with threshold of ≤0.5 ng/L 2,4,6-Trichloroanisole (TCA) that uses a scientifically verified technology with a sensitivity rate at least five times higher than other methods.

The technology -- Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer -- screens every individual cork within three seconds and it has been verified by the Analytical Chemistry (1), a peer-reviewed publication of the American Chemistry Society.

In 2018, Ganau partnered with Switzerland-based Tofwerk, a global leader in time-of-flight (TOF) Mass Spectrometry, to adopt the VOCUS® technology, a cutting-edge chemical ionization combined with high resolution time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometer. Versions of this instrument are successfully used by NASA and CERN (The European Organization for Nuclear Research).

In a first-of-its-kind breakthrough, VOCUS® shows a linear correlation with the standard ISO 20752 also known as Releasable TCA (RTCA) (2). These findings have been published and validated by the peer-reviewed journal, Analytical Chemistry, published by the American Chemical Society (1) .

VOCUS® technology slows down a high-end TOFMS (Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer) to accurately read the TCA concentration on each individual cork in a matter of 3 seconds and without compromise.

Watch the video to fully understand why EPIQ is revolutionary.

Ganau is a family owned and operated business established in 1941, currently at its third generation. The family is proud and excited to be launching a product that shatters all previous industry standards, elevating technology at its best and offering an unambiguous solution to the detection of TCA.

Please contact to learn more about how EPIQ can serve your wine bottling needs.

Ganau America, Inc
21900 Carneros Oak Lane
Sonoma, CA 95476
Phone: 707.939.1774
Email: mariella@ganauamerica.com

Ganau America is a subsidiary of Sugherificio Ganau SpA and serves clients throughout North America from the heart of California’s wine country. Its 40,000-square-foot facility located in the city of Sonoma features a state-of-the-art testing laboratory and precisely engineered machines for branding, lubrication and packaging.

(1) Thermal Desorption–Vocus Enables Online Nondestructive Quantification of 2,4,6-Trichloroanisole in Cork Stoppers below the Perception Threshold published in Anal. Chem. 2020, 92, 14, 9823–9829 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.analchem.0c01326 
(2) Herve, E.; Price, S.; Burns, G.; Weber, P. TCA in corks, cork soaks, and bottled wine. ASEV Annual Meeting, Reno, NV, 1999.

Sense of Place artwork definitely won our hearts and minds as the most meaningful and creative design.
Leslie Bowlus, owner and wine maker, told us how she developed this idea. In her own words:

My life long passion for food and wine and my travels to the world’s greatest places and famous wine regions made me aware of the fact that a wine should reflect where it came from. I have always loved the fact that wherever I was in the world, the most delicious wine was made from varietals grown best in that region which perfectly paired with the local cuisine. I would appreciate that the wine I was drinking was from the perfect place. My philosophy developed into a belief that a wine should reflect its “somewhere-ness” and be true to its varietal characteristics. It should reveal the uniqueness of its terroir, vineyard site, soils, climate and history. The wine should show itself as having a SENSE OF PLACE rather than following the trend of the moment.   My winemaking style supports this “Sense of Place” philosophy which includes the use of native yeast found in the vineyard and allowing the wine to age “sur-lie” with the least amount of intervention as possible.   I decided on using the world map on my logo to convey my philosophy to the consumers and, by adding the tag line “find your place”, to create a connection between them and my wine.

Many wineries have launched campaigns to reduce their carbon footprint. It is an ambitious task that expands into all areas of operation including production, agriculture and logistics. 

The choice of bottle closures can be an important factor in achieving a carbon neutral position. All published estimates show that the production of Natural Cork has a lower carbon footprint than any alternative. More importantly, if you calculate the carbon fixing effect of the cork forest, the net carbon footprint for natural cork shows that each cork acts as a carbon sink. In the carbon footprint calculator provided here - each natural cork contributes an offset of 118g of CO2. 

If you have started on a program of reducing your carbon footprint, you are 

surely aware that there are many accounting theories in play. The CQC 

model cites several examples and has selected those figures with the 

deepest documentation. Assumptions and references used for these 

calculations can be found at www.corkqc.com/sustain/carbon-notes.htm

Ganau America has obtained the Sonoma Green Business Program certification.  We are proud of this recognition as we strive in creating and implementing best practices for our industry. Our newly built facility in Sonoma, California, is energy neutral and equipped with a 119kW DC photovoltaic solar system. This system will prevent the emission of over 5,000,000 pounds of carbon dioxide over the next twenty years (the equivalent to planting 24 acres of trees). The exterior of our building is made of insulated metal panels that improve its energy efficiency and the interiors showcase sustainable materials like renewable bamboo flooring and recycled ecofriendly furniture. Our landscaping focuses on water conservation as we planted native, drought resistant plants and, of course, it features numerous cork oak trees. Ganau has developed an environmentally friendly products purchasing policy as well as implementing a recycling program. Since 1941, the Ganau family has been committed to producing and providing quality corks to discerning winemakers worldwide.  By setting a goal to be sustainable in every aspect of our operation and meeting social, environmental and economic responsibilities in the products we deliver, Ganau is running a sustainable and profitable business. Cork is a renewable, biodegradable and recyclable material.