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Oakville began as a sleepy little town along the railroad tracks but by 1880 was home to a bustling wine industry. The history of Oakville is rich, with many notable names from H. W. Crabb who first brought recognition to the town, to Robert Mondavi who helped revitalize post-prohibition Oakville in the 1960s.
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Silver Oak Cellars and Cork Supply USA Pioneer Use of Technique to Detect TCA in Large Format Corks - Silver Oak Cellars, working with Carlos Macku, Lesa Gonzalez, Ana Cristina Mesquita and Leonard C. Kirch at Cork Supply USA and Cork Supply Portugal, has pioneered the commercial use of a breakthrough sensory evaluation method for detecting the presence of TCA (2,4,6-trichloroanisol), the chemical compound responsible for cork taint, in corks for large format wine bottles. Called “dry cork sensory screening,” the method assures that virtually all of the tested corks are free of TCA and any other sensory defects. Presented by Silver Oak Cellars’ Christiane Schleussner to her peers at the annual American Society for Enology and Viticulture in June, 2009, the procedure is outlined in an article recently published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry . . . 
