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Consumer Survey Shows Cork remaining the Number One Choice

It was interesting and informative to see South African wine lovers reflecting the world-wide trend of choosing natural cork as the preferred closure for their bottle of wine. In the first reader survey done by www.winemag.co.za, one of the leading authorities on South African wine news, trends and opinions, 61% of readers stated natural cork as their closure of choice -  that figure increasing to more than two thirds of respondents if technical cork stoppers are included.

Foremost Fintech Business Invests in Environment Through Cork Flooring

Driven by a mandate that values the environment and sustainable practices, INCE recently opted to install cork flooring at its new business premises. INCE is an investor marketing business with a global footprint, operating from Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town, London and Mauritius.

Pop a Cork to Harvest 2019

Despite all the long-hours, sweat and hard-work, there is something magical about the harvest season. For us in the cork industry, it lies in the satisfaction of seeing the just-cut bark from the cork oaks arriving at our plants in southern Portugal to be processed. It smells of earth and fresh wood, a truly natural product from wild forests, each tree stripped of its bark every nine years.

Growth in Demand for Cork Sends Amorim Back to the Forests

With the current global demand for cork stoppers surpassing 12bn units annually and the wine market’s upward growing curve, the world’s leading cork-company Amorim is going back to basics to ensure sufficient supply of quality product for the years ahead. And by going back to basics we are talking about the source of cork, namely the quercus suber, also known as the cork oak tree. Speaking to the popular Grandes Escolhas Magazine, Antonio Amorim, president of Amorim Cork told of the company’s plans to ensure unhindered supply of product from a new generation of cork forests.

Christine Rudman Receives this Year’s Cape Classique Legacy Award from Amorim

Leading South African wine personality Christine Rudman is the recipient of this year’s Frans Malan Legacy Trophy awarded during the Amorim Cap Classique Challenge, which was held recently in Cape Town. Each year Amorim and the Cap Classique Producers’ Association recognises an individual for his or...

Domaine des Dieux again takes Top Spot at Amorim Cap Classique Challenge

In a repeat performance from 2014, Domaine des Dieux, the boutique wine producer in the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley near Hermanus, was crowned as South Africa’s best Cap Classique exponent at this year’s Amorim Cap Classique Challenge. The Domaine des Dieux Claudia Brut MCC 2012, a blend of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, won the category for Best Brut Blend as well as Best Producer having achieved the highest score of all the 127 wines entered into this year’s rendition of the Amorim Cap Classique Challenge.

Amorim Gets them Speaking at Cape Wine 2018

The biggest wine exhibition in the southern hemisphere, they call it. But Cape Wine 2018 is arguably the most interesting, too. Wine buyers, sommeliers and journalists flew in from all corners of the globe where hundreds of South African wine producers were waiting to introduce them to the diversity, class and quality of the country’s industry.

Amorim Cap Classique Challenge 2018 Sees Record Number of Entries

A seemingly insatiable thirst for Cap Classique sparkling wines among South African consumers and growing confidence in their category by producers are seen as reasons behind the growth in entries to this year’s Amorim Cap Classique Challenge, the leading competition rewarding the country’s bottle-fermented sparkling...