CORK CORK AND WINE PORTFOLIO SUSTAINABILITY MEDIA CENTER WHERE TO FIND US AMORIM UNIVERSE EN PT ES FR CORK AND WINE CORK AND WINE INSEPARABLE BY NATURE Wine is life. Cork expands it. Noble and magical, cork and wine interact in a symbiotic relationship that has developed over the centuries. The organic features of cork make it an incomparable closure, vital to the aging process of wines and the development of their innate qualities. Every time a bottle is opened, an unbreakable bond between winemaker, wine, and consumer is created. Inside a bottle sealed with cork, a real journey starts for the wine. It’s a binomial relationship that started thousands of years ago and was only interrupted during medieval times. Archeologists found evidence that the Egyptians used cork, and the Greeks and the Romans too, but it was Dom Pérignon, a Benedictine monk living in 17th-century France, who paved the way for an empire built on the alliance between glass (bottle) and cork (stopper). By observing nature around him, he understood that there had to be a better solution to seal wine than the wooden stoppers used at the time. They were ineffective and obsolete, playing a dubious role in the preservation of wine. So, he changed them, replacing wood by cork. And pop! A whole new world opened up before his eyes. “Wine is life. Life bottled and life spread. It’s an intellectual reflection, a dialogue between man and nature. Cork is probably the most magical element. It’s an organic, expansive element. It’s a guardian of treasures and the first confidant of what’s inside. Cork symbolizes naturalness and life expanded in order to close, and ensure closure of the messages hidden inside the bottle” Josep Roca, Sommelier, El Celler de Can Roca “We know that there is an exchange between wine and the cork stopper. The cork stopper must be perfect to allow this exchange to happen in the best way possible so that the wine gets better with time. Just as wine, cork stoppers have a story. A life cycle that begins at the cork oak forest, undergoes a technical process and ends in a bottle of wine" Carole André, Cheval Blanc, Saint Émilion CORK AND WINE ARE TWO INCREDIBLE GIFTS FROM NATURE No matter how far science goes in the knowledge of wine, cork, and the fascinating relationship between the two, some things cannot be explained solely by rational terms. Emotion comes into play. Intuition has a word to say. Memories, hopes and feelings reveal themselves. While it’s clear that the world’s finest wines have always agreed on the superiority of cork and have always used cork stoppers, the unmistakable appeal of cork to consumers, including Millennials who are now just starting to discover wine, is new to the equation. But recent research consistently highlights the added value of cork stoppers in the wine industry and their huge influence on consumer perception. On a global scale, from France to China, and the US to Argentina, the cork stopper is associated with good or excellent quality wines. Moreover, several studies show that both consumers and winemakers increasingly choose cork because it's a natural, sustainable product. Premium and eco-friendly, cork has the best of two worlds. Cork and wine are two incredible gifts from nature that have been united for centuries. They've grown together and given meaning to each other. Only in a bottle sealed with cork can a wine reach full splendor, its highest expression. BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGIES TO ERADICATE DETECTABLE TCA KNOW MORE SHARE FOLLOW AMORIM CORK FOLLOW 100% CORK SITEMAP TERMS AND CONDITIONS PRIVACY POLICY CORK UPDATES I'd like to receive Amorim Cork newsletter I agree to the Privacy Policy of Amorim Cork, S.A., which I have read and understood. Copyright 2020 - 2021 © Amorim Cork. All rights reserved. Created by SOFTWAY.