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Beverage Marketing Corp. reports $11 billion in US sales of bottled water
Americans spent an estimated $11 billion last year drinking 8.3 billion gal of bottled water, according to Beverage Marketing Corp., the leading compiler of facts and figures about the beverage industry. That means the average American consumed almost 28 gal of Aquafina, Dasani, Evian or hundreds of other brands that comprise the up to $100 billion global market for bottled water. So great is our thirst for the stuff that Americans now drink more bottled water than any other commercial beverage except carbonated soft drinks, more than milk, more than coffee, more than beer. So far, the trend shows no sign of abating.
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Screw caps on the nose with UK wine buffs
It is hailed as the simple mantra of the wine industry: keep the wine in the bottle and the air out. But wine producers around the world who switched to screw caps may soon be hit with a corker, the smell of rotten eggs. British experts say screw caps stop wines from breathing and leave them at risk of a chemical process called sulfidisation, which can result in a smell like burning rubber or rotten eggs. The problem, mostly affecting metal capped reds, was identified at the annual International Wine Challenge event. Tests of 9,000 bottles found 2.2 percent had sulfidisation and other problems linked to the wine not being able to absorb oxygen, or "breathe."
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