June 2011
7 posts
The Herald, Saturday 25 June
Why nothing beats the pop of a natural cork, by Cate Devine of the Glasgow Herald
Forget screw-caps, cork is making a comeback
The Guardian, Wednesday 22 June 2011
Natural cork has a 'je ne sais quois that modern...
The Daily Mail, Wednesday 22 June 2011
Wine producers put cork back in the bottle to...
The Times has today reported that traditional cork makers are winning back market share from synthetic wine stoppers and screw caps, adding that studies have revealed that bottles with a natural cork are perceived as better by consumers.
The Times, 21 June 2011
Sainsbury’s advocates the environmental benefits...
Sainsbury’s has demonstrated its support for the I Love Natural Cork campaign with a feature on the environmental benefits of natural cork on its website.
For the first time, shoppers will be able to learn about the environmental story and choose from wines sealed exclusively with natural cork when they navigate to the virtual wine aisle or environment tab.
www.sainsburys.co.uk
Russian Eatery the Buyer of World's Oldest...
Russian Eatery the Buyer of World’s Oldest Champagne Rebecca Lynne Tan -Straits Times Indonesia | June 14, 2011
Singapore. A Russian restaurant in Singapore is the mystery buyer behind the record-breaking purchase of a bottle of the world’s oldest champagne earlier this month. Buyan Russian Haute Cuisine and Caviar Bar in Duxton Hill paid a world-record price of €30,000 ($49,145) for...
200-year-old shipwreck bubbly sold for 'record'... →
May 2011
3 posts
Bloney Wine Estate joins support for Natural Cork
“We at Bolney Wine Estate use cork on all our brands and we do not see that ever changing. We believe apart from the environmental issues in Portugal and of course their economy, we want to show our wines as a quality product and to bottle our wines with cork enhances that quality. In addition Red wine should be able to breathe in the bottle and until someone produces a permeable seal unit...
200-YEAR-OLD CHAMPAGNE SHOWCASED AT THE LONDON...
Visitors to this year’s London International Wine Fair will be given an exclusive viewing of one of the world’s oldest Champagne bottles, which lay undiscovered for more than 200 years under the Baltic Sea.
The bottle of Champagne, one of 168 discovered off the coast of the Åland archipelago (between Sweden and Finland) last year, is being transported to the Fair by the Portuguese Cork...
April 2011
6 posts
WatchIf you couldn’t get down to our I Love Natural Cork event at Anthropologie, watch this video to see what you missed.
The aim of the event was to educate and engage wine drinkers by explaining the benefits of natural cork.
WatchCheck out this amazing 100% natural cork artwork created by using 9217 natural wine corks recycled into 1 portrait.
This is a time lapse of the final 50 hours of a 200 hour project.
1 photo taken every minute.
We here at I love natural cork love this!
Organic Pioneer Opts For FSC Corks
It is known as the farm with the ducks and where the term BioLOGIC® was born. Avondale Estate has been at the forefront of organic wine production in South Africa, taking the buzzword “organic” a step further with the introduction of BioLOGIC®, a unique and more holistic approach to winemaking.
This has all been the work of Johnathan Grieve, proprietor of the Avondale Estate outside Paarl whose...
March 2011
4 posts
WatchTony Laithwaite and Debra Patterson discuss Laithwaites Wines and The Savoy cork recycling partnership
The Savoy and Laithwaites announce ground-breaking...
London’s first natural cork recycling partnership launched today by the I Love Natural Cork campaign links one of the capital’s top hotels with the largest independent wine merchant in the world
The Savoy, which recently re-opened after a three year restoration, is committed to becoming the most sustainable luxury hotel in London and has introduced several ‘green’ initiatives. As has...
I Love Natural Cork Sponsors Slow Wine 2011
I Love Natural Cork is proud to sponsor the launch of the English edition of Slow Wine 2011 – the new Slow Food Wine Guide, at The Lindley Hall, Royal Horticultural Halls this Friday March 11th, 2011.
The partnership between I Love Natural Cork and Slow Wine 2011 is based on shared values that aim to preserve sustainable, traditional methods of wine production, which not only protect the...
February 2011
4 posts
Cork Flooring Covers New York Fashion Week – A...
For the very first time in New York Fashion Week history, world-class fashion designer Diego Binetti will feature cork flooring on the presentation stage of his Fall/Winter 2011 collection.
Complementing cork furniture designed by Daniel Michalik will further integrate the cork story into Binetti‘s fashion presentation demonstrating that cork flooring is both a chic and beautiful flooring...
Klein Constantia’s premier Sauvignon blanc back to...
Klein Constantia is one of South Africa’s foremost wine estates, especially famous for its classic Vin de Constance as well as its complex, broad and delicious Perdeblokke Sauvignon Blanc.
Recent developments saw this Perdeblokke Sauvignon Blanc back under natural cork from screw-cap. The explanation for this given by Adam Mason, Klein Constantia’s eloquent winemaker and keen supporter of the...
January 2011
3 posts
Pierre Hourlier Wines pledges its support for...
Pierre Hourlier Wines, an independent UK wine merchant, has thrown its weight behind the I Love Natural Cork campaign.
Pierre Hourlier Wines has adopted the I Love Natural Cork logo on its website next to all natural cork closed wines. In addition, it is hosting the campaign’s pledge on the site, allowing customers and suppliers to respond by showing their support for natural cork online.
Based...
Interview with Cork Harvest Worker Rui Branco
How long have you worked on the cork harvests?
For 34 years.
How old were you when you first took part in a harvest?
18 years old.
For how many generations has cork harvesting been in your family?
Cork harvesting has been in our family for two generations.
How long did it take you to learn the skills to harvest cork?
Each harvesting period lasts 2-3 months. It took me two of these harvesting...
Cork Floorings in the Sagrada Família in Barcelona
It is Barcelona’s crowning jewel and one of the most popular monuments in the entire world, visited by millions of tourists every year. The Sagrada Família, designed by Catalan architect Gaudí and regarded by many as his greatest work, is a Catholic temple of imposing grandiosity and breathtaking architecture.
From now on, anyone visiting the Sagrada Família who enters the temple’s crypt will be...
December 2010
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November 2010
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September 2010
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August 2010
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Natural cork goes national!
After taking a trip to Herdade dos Fidalgos- one of the 350 remaining Portuguese cork oak forests - to witness the harvesting of cork first hand, Lucy Siegle Ethical journalist at The Observer Magazine reports on the industry.
Opening eyes to the positive environmental effects of natural cork, Lucy discusses the rare wildlife species homed in the forests and how the industry is working hard to...
July 2010
6 posts
Portuguese Cork Association announced as sponsor... →
Portuguese Cork Association announced as sponsor at the European Wine Bloggers Conference 2010 - 150 wine bloggers, journalists, and wine professionals expected to discuss issues relating to the convergence of wine and the web.
Champagne found at sea turns out to be world's... →
Now that’s some vintage bubbly. Divers have discovered what is thought to be the world’s oldest drinkable champagne in a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea, popping the cork on the one bottle they’ve brought up so far before they even got back to shore.
Swedish wine expert Carl-Jan Granqvist said each bottle could fetch €50,000 (£42,000) if the corks are intact and the sparkling drink...
Screw cap wine blamed for loss of forest in new... →
Interesting articles in this weekends’ Daily Telegraph highlighting the importance of the cork oak forests to the environment following journalist, Louise Gray’s, visit to the Portuguese Montado.
FT Reports - The cork industry: Search for export... →
Great article in the Financial Times this week sums up natural corks on-going battle against synthetic stoppers and highlights the many advancements made in the cork industry
Dramatic decline in cork taint →
Dramatic decline in cork taint - The 2010 ‘world championship of wine’ has added further weight to evidence of a dramatic decline in cork-related wine faults. Of almost 7000 bottles opened at the prestigious event only one per cent were identified as being affected by TCA.
http://www.corkfacts.com/publications/2010jul27.htm
You can’t disguise a cheap wine with a screw cap! →
A counterfeit wine is caught out by using a screwcap closure instead of the more esteemed natural cork stopper.
June 2010
1 post
Alentejo: Portugal’s cork country
A great blog post on the Alentejo region of Portugal - best known as home to a huge proportion of Portugal’s cork oak forests, or ‘Montados’. Paul Johnson’s review brings to life the impressive history of cork and offers some excellent recommendations on where to visit when you’re there.
http://www.aluxurytravelblog.com/2010/06/15/alentejo-portugals-cork-country/