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easy extractability and cork-like properties, transmission control. Finally, all of the Jackson
including their environmentally friendliness. Estate and Stature wines are bottled under na-
(Nomacorc was previously the choice here.) tural cork.
The whites other than the Chardonnay and K-J I’d say this is all rather remarkable dedica-
AVANT are closed with screw cap tops to maxi- tion to detail. To me, this question has alwa-
mize freshness and consumer-friendly usage. ys been pretty easy to answer: the best wine
The Grand Reserve collection uses Diam corks bottle closure is the one that has already been
for the same reasons as Neutrocork- Premium opened!
closures, as well as for their tighter oxygen Cheers! ƅ

Lisete Mendes Osório
Portuguesa, Armamarense, geographer from the Coimbra
University. Degree of Sensory Analysis in Portuguese Catholic
University. Tecnical Director of the CVR Távora – Varosa,
Control and Certification Structure Coordinator and Quality
System Manager Regional Wine Commission Távora – Varosa.
Wine producer from Douro region. Member of the APEV
(Associação Portuguesa de Enologia e Viticultura).
International Jury for several Wine, Spirits and Olive Oil
International Contests.
Natural Cork & Wine - perfect partners

The cork oak forest is one of the richest eco- Country Area (ha) %
systems in the world. The corks oak is a typical Portugal 719 900 34
species of the western Mediterranean region.
Spain 574 248 27
Worldwide, Portugal is the country with the
greatest cork oak forests surface area and lar- Morocco 383 120 18
gest cork production. Algeria 230 000 11
It grows spontaneously in Portugal (34%)
Tunisia 85 771 4
and Spain (27%), but also in Morocco, Alge-
ria and Tunisia. It also grows in the South of France 65 228 3
France and on the west coast of Italy, as well Italy 64 800 3
as in the islands of Sicily, Corsica and Sardinia.
Total 2 123 067 100
Forests occupy more than a third of the Por-
tuguese territory, and are almost entirely pri- occupy the first and third positions.
vate property. With 720,000 hectares, cork oak The Alentejo region represents 85% of the
(quercus suber) represents almost a quarter of national cork oak forest area.
the national forests. Portugal has about a third Since 2000, there has been a relatively con-
of the world area of cork oak forest, followed tinuous and stable succession of public mea-
by Spain, with more than a quarter, Morocco sures to support investment in the montado
with almost a fifth and Algeria with around a (in Portugal, cork oak forest areas are known as
tenth. montado). Between 2000 and 2014, 188.9 mil-
In Portugal, cork oak is the second most lion euros of public funds were dedicated to
prevalent species in forest area, with values this purpose, enabling the improvement/re-
similar to eucalyptus and maritime pine that generation of some 35% of the montado area.
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