wine

[David oakman]

There seems to be alot of us on here who likes a bottle of wine. In the living woods magazine there was a piece about the cork oak farmers. the farmers cut the bark every 9 years 18 times in the life of the tree but this industry is dying as the wine bottles are now corked with synthetic stoppers. To save these trees and the jobs of the farmers we need to ask for bottles with cork with 3500 members this will go a long way to telling wine merchants that we still want real cork stoppers:thumbup:

[Johny Walker]

yea me too much of it :laugh1:

[Dionysus]

i seen a documentary on the cork oak farmers in portugal a while ago, they had all the old boys up in the trees with the de-barking axes, they also had a little segment on the pruning and management of the trees, the landowners nephew did all the pruning works with a ancient saw or a bowsaw, deadwooding pruning etc off ladders

[T14EES T14UNK]

Don't forget the poor guys who make corkscrews too. They'll be a little worried too.

I like wine. I like a cork too!! Shall I try to drink more. And would it be official permission to tell the wife?

[sean]

There seems to be alot of us on here who likes a bottle of wine. In the living woods magazine there was a piece about the cork oak farmers. the farmers cut the bark every 9 years 18 times in the life of the tree but this industry is dying as the wine bottles are now corked with synthetic stoppers. To save these trees and the jobs of the farmers we need to ask for bottles with cork with 3500 members this will go a long way to telling wine merchants that we still want real cork stoppers:thumbup:

 

Great shout David....the cork forests are ancient eco systems which need saving!!!!

[Charlieh]

stihl cork saw

 

this is the device used for commercial, harvesting off the cork, just trying to find the vid of it in use as it was quite interesting how its used

[Saw-sick Steve]

Great shout David....the cork forests are ancient eco systems which need saving!!!!

One of the last haunts of the Iberian Lynx (no, not the deodorant), and many other unique species. Basically a system of wood pasture management, unchanged for centuries but recently under threat. Problem was in the inconsistency of the cork used for stoppers - too many were contaminated, resulting in bottles being ''corked'' and manufacturers switching to plastic.

Thankfully this has now been sorted, and traditional corks are a viable option again, so we can all do our bit to ensure the continuation of this wonderful system of land management by ensuring that the wine we buy has proper corks - and by drinking as much of it as possible.

[samarb]

up the propper cork down the screw top.

[bob]

dean likes a good wine but i wish he would put a cork in it:001_tt2:

[David Humphries]

As an aside to the ecology point; taking the chill off a red in the microwave is not an option with a metal screw cap

 

 

Cork all the way Baby

 

 

 

 

 

 

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