Spain Supports Cork Closures For Wine

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Mar 29th 2006 at 3:05PM

While many fine wine companies are embracing alternative closures that won't be happening in Spain any time soon. Drinks Business Review reports that Spain has determined that only bottles with cork closures will achieve the Denominacion de Origen (DO) status (Spain's version of France's AOC). The DO classification
affects still and sparkling wines in 11 of Spain's wine producing regions. The primary growing region for cork trees is Portugal and southern Spain. The law is good news for APCOR, a consortium of cork companies. APCOR recently launched a $3 million campaign to promote the use of corks. In related cork news, a study recently released claims that the cork and wine combo creates beneficial anti-tumor compounds. The study was done for the Association of Industries and Exporters of Cork to find reasons that cork is good for wine.

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