Cork: Harvest for the Patient Farmer
By RJ Evans, Kuriositas.com Have you ever wondered where that cork in your bottle of wine comes from? The answer is most likely to be Spain or Portugal, where over half of the world’s cork is...
View ArticleCork Craft Fun for Kids @ The New City Library
BY BARRY WARNER | Rockland County Times | Posted January 8th, 2015 The endless amount of items that people throw away everyday include paper towel tubes, plastic cups and cork bottle stoppers. However...
View ArticleGot Wine Corks? Recycle Them!
WFMY News 2 | Greensboro, NC | March 18, 2015 There is a new push to recycle wine corks. It’s not to save cork trees, it’s actually to get more industries to use cork in their products. To make a wine...
View ArticlePhoto Exhibition: Cork extraction in North Alentejo (Portugal)
Photographer: Jorge Sarmento | SDN- Social Documentary Network The Social Documentary Network invited the photographer Jorge Sarmento to exhibit his photos with the title “Cork extraction in North...
View Article100% Cork launches Earth Day social media campaign to plant cork oaks in...
SAN FRANCISCO | Business Wire | April 1, 2015 – For the second year, 100% Cork, a global campaign to raise awareness of cork’s environmental benefits, is providing a free opportunity for anyone to help...
View ArticleThe Other Side of Cork
By Ann Chandler, Saudi Aramco World | Published March/April 2012 The grin on Manuel Peixiubo’s weathered face appears easily beneath his frosty moustache. Peixiubo is jovial and friendly, but he works...
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Any Wine Worth Its Grapes Deserves Natural Cork
There’s no shortage of wines to enjoy this summer. But here’s a tip: Always look for wines finished with natural cork. Real cork is one sure sign of quality and an authentic signature of the...
View ArticleTrue or False: Cork Is the Greenest Wine Bottle Stopper
By Eleanor Shannon | Huffington Post | April 15, 2015 TRUE! Read on for 5 Green Benefits… (And practical, cultural and community advantages, too. ) The post True or False: Cork Is the Greenest Wine...
View ArticlePut a Portuguese Cork in It at the Conrad Algarve
by Julia Buckley | HotelChatter | May 21, 2015 Cork: Often enjoyed, rarely appreciated before it’s cruelly cast aside in favor of opening another bottle. But one hotel is out to change all that. The...
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100 Percent Cork at BottleRock Napa
May 29, 2015 100 Percent Cork is proud to be at this year’s BottleRock Napa Valley event: 3 days of Music, Wine, Food and Beer May 29-31. Drop by the 100% Cork booth to get free stuff like Cork...
View ArticleIs Cork the Designer Material of the Future?
by Seb Egerton-Read | Circulate | June 9, 2015 Cork is best known for its usage in making wine stoppers, but a recent trend has seen it used by designers in a growing range of different products from...
View ArticleFrom Bark to Wine Stopper to Footwear — the Story of Cork
Every time you buy a bottle of wine sealed with a natural cork stopper, you’re helping to sustain one of the world’s most biodiverse forests and protect an extraordinary ecosystem. While it might seem...
View ArticleThe Best Eco-Tour Adventures
From Cork Forest Conservation Alliance For many, traveling is about experiencing new locations and food. But for some, just visiting their destination is not enough. These unique travelers must truly...
View ArticleTime To Reduce Our ‘Plastic Footprint’
By Dianna Cohen | Triple Pundit | September 2, 2015 Look around you. Our world is full of single-use plastic, meant to be used once and thrown away. And though some of it — depending on the type of...
View ArticlePortuguese cork shines in China’s largest wine museum
September 16, 2015 The Portuguese Cork Association makes another stride in consumer education in China as it recently helped Qingdao Wine Museum, arguably the largest of its kind in China, revamp the...
View ArticleThe Best Eco-Tour Adventures
From Cork Forest Conservation Alliance For many, traveling is about experiencing new locations and food. But for some, just visiting their destination is not enough. These unique travelers must truly...
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The World’s Largest Cork Tree
from the Cork Quality Council Named for the countless songbirds that occupy its dense canopy – the Whistler Tree is the most productive cork oak on record. The Whistler Tree grows in the Alentejo...
View ArticlePORTUGAL X CORK
by Melanie Abrantes | November 10, 2015 | MelanieAbrantes.com CORTIÇA: CORK IN PORTUGUESE In October I was was invited by the Portuguese Cork Association (Apcor) to visit Portugal to see how cork is...
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The Portuguese Montado (Cork Oak Forest)
From Portuguese Cork Association www.realcork.org Like the vineyards of the Douro Valley or the Atlantic Forest in Brazil, cork oak forests are a very specific, delicately-balanced ecosystem and...
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The World’s Largest Cork Tree
from the Cork Quality Council Named for the countless songbirds that occupy its dense canopy – the Whistler Tree is the most productive cork oak on record. The Whistler Tree grows in the Alentejo...
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