Swiss wine
The Stelvin was developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s by a French company "Le Bouchage Mécanique" at the behest of Peter Wall, the then Production Director of the Australian Yalumba winery. In 1964 Peter Wall approached "Le Bouchage Mécanique". The Stelvin cap was trialled in 1970 and 1971 with the Swiss wine Chasselas, which was particularly affected by cork taint, and was first used commercially in 1972 by the Swiss winery Hammel. From about 1973 Yalumba and a group of other wineries - Hardys, McWilliams, Penfolds, Seppelt, Brown Bros and Tahbilk - were involved in developing and proving up the concept and began using it commercially in 1976.