Amorim: Portuguese cork exports to hit €1bn by 2017
Head of the world’s largest cork producer, Antonio Amorim, believes that Portuguese cork exports will reach €1 billion by 2017.
Thursday, July 21st, 2016 No Comments »Closures
Winemakers may be able to select cork according to its phenolic content
In the future, winemakers may be able to select a natural cork closure with a specific concentration of phenolics to positively influence a wine’s development in the bottle.
Tuesday, July 19th, 2016 2 Comments »Trial plantation to slash cork growing times
Amorim, the world’s largest cork producer, is to take part in a trial cork tree plantation in Portugal that will cut growing times by 15 years.
Tuesday, June 21st, 2016 1 Comment »Amorim’s NDtech a “game changer” for cork
NDtech, Amorim’s new TCA-screening technology for natural corks, is a “game changer”, according to the company’s chairman, Antonio Amorim.
Thursday, June 9th, 2016 No Comments »The Cork Supply Group opens new facility in China
The Cork Supply Group’s new facility in Tianjin is the latest step in the company’s plans to service the Chinese wine industry.
Thursday, May 19th, 2016 No Comments »Amorim launches cork with no-taint guarantee
Amorim has become the first closure producer to deliver natural corks with a non-detectable TCA guarantee following a €10 million investment in stopper-screening technology.
Monday, May 16th, 2016 2 Comments »Cork suppliers step toward TCA-free future
Natural cork producers are ramping up their efforts to stay ahead of alternative closures with the launch of new technology that promises to eliminate TCA cork taint.
Thursday, May 5th, 2016 8 Comments »Diam hits back over ‘bitterness’ claim
A German négociant has claimed that wines closed with Diam corks develop a strong bitter flavour – an accusation the manufacturer strongly rebuts.
Friday, February 5th, 2016 11 Comments »Hakkasan somm wins ‘Taster of the Year’
The first Amorim Taster of the Year Award has been won by Tobias Brauweiler MS, head sommelier at the London restaurant Hakkasan Hanway Place.
Thursday, December 10th, 2015 No Comments »De Boüard stars in tin capsule ad
The owner of Bordeaux’s Château Angelus, Hubert de Boüard, has lent his support to a campaign by capsule brand Pure Tin as it looks to expand across France and the US.
Tuesday, September 1st, 2015 1 Comment »
