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Stellenbosch Community Children visit Amorim to Plant Cork Oaks in Arbour Month

September being Arbour Month, Amorim Cork took-up the 2021 theme “Forest Restoration: A path to recovery and well-being” – by inviting Grade 4 to 6 pupils from the Lynedoch Community School (Montessori) based at the Sustainability Institute in Lynedoch, to spend a day at their...

Klein Zalze Delivers Best Sparkle at 20th Amorim Cap Classique Challenge

Stellenbosch winery Kleine Zalze, one of the most commercially successful and award-winning Cape cellars, etched a place in South African wine history by winning the award for Best Producer at the Amorim Cap Classique Challenge which this year celebrates its 20th anniversary as the country's...

Amorim Cap Classique Challenge: 20 Years of Selecting Best SA Bubblies

Year 2021 is proving to be a major celebratory one for Cap Classique, the South African sector of bottle-fermented sparkling wines. Not only does this year see the 50th anniversary of the birth of Cap Classique being celebrated, but the category’s leading competition, the Amorim...

Traces of Untold Stories – Creative Spirits meet in Cape Town at ‘Cork and Cacau’ Art Exhibition  

The historical relationship between Portugal and South Africa started in the late 15th century with the “Portuguese Age of Discovery”. Then, the Portuguese explored Southern African coasts, nominally claiming them as their own. Here in Cape Town, some centuries later, we had a contemporary collaboration...

Legendary South African Wine Recorked by Amorim Sold for Record Price

A rare bottle of 37,5cl of Grand Constance 1821 stopped the auctioneer’s gavel at a phenomenal price of R420 000 (€25 000) at this year’s Cape Fine and Rare Wine Auction. Under supervision of French wine expert Jean Vincent Ridon, this 200-year-old wine treasure was one of the three...

Amorim Floors Stellenbosch’s Sustainability Institute with Cork Tiles

 Natural, sustainable cork-tile flooring donated by Amorim Cork has been laid-out in two of the classrooms at the Sustainability Institute in Lynedoch, Stellenbosch. Founded in 1999, the Institute is an international living and learning centre teaching, exploring and applying ways of being that are restorative. Its focus on children is centred within the Lynedoch Children’s House, Lynedoch Primary Schools and Lynedoch Youth programmes.

Reefer: Putting a Best Foot Forward with Amorim Cork

The fashion of cork footwear has come a long way from the chunky platform cork soles worn by willowy women in the 1960s and 1970s. Thanks to designers such as Reefer, a young, dynamic and unique South African shoe brand, cork’s diverse ability to inspire footwear that is both functional and fashionable has seen this venerable Portuguese product putting its best foot forward.

Amorim Remembers Allan Mullins

The recent death of Allan Mullins leaves a hole in the wine world that is not going to be filled. For Amorim, Allan was an especial source of inspiration and endearing colleague due to his love for and knowledge of Cap Classique, a South African...

A testimonial from M. Jean Marie Aurand, the Chairman of the Académie Amorim and honorary Managing Director of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV). I see the cork stopper as much more than a mere stopper. When it is pulled from the bottle, it releases the full aromas of the wine, to which it has also contributed. It is an indispensable pre-requisite for a good tasting experience. It has proved its worth over time and is an incomparable symbol of quality. Is there anything better than the cork stopper to add value to a bottle of wine? Is there anything that better conveys the profound emotion of a winetasting event?

Plettenberg Bay Newcomers take Best Producer Award at Amorim Cap Classique Challenge

In a ground-breaking announcement, Newstead MCC Blanc de Blancs 2015 not only took a Double Gold Medal and the Trophy for Best Blanc de Blancs, but was also named the Top Scoring Cap Classique at this year’s Amorim Challenge. This is the 19th consecutive year the...