BBC documentary about Cork oak

[openspaceman]

I saw this when it was on before, a brilliant and informative programme about a unique landscape and cultural heritage. It was after watching it that I made a conscious decision to only buy wine with Corks, a decision made easier by the fact that my favourite Rioja mainly only use corks and not screw tops or plastic.

 

It's a place that is deffo near the top of an ever growing bucket list.

 

I prefer corks, it suits my outlook on life. Not that I'm a luddite but our council chief executive did declare I was a dinosaur at a public meeting where I was defencding some open space but I digress:

 

How does one tell it a bottle has a cork rather thanplastic bung? Is there a real cork label? Perhaps it would make part of the USP.

[David Humphries]

How does one tell it a bottle has a cork rather thanplastic bung? Is there a real cork label? Perhaps it would make part of the USP.

 

Haven't used this myself, but this app/website lists wines that use cork stoppers.

 

You can add to it also.

 

http://recork.org/corkwatch/

 

 

 

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Edited May 21, 2016 by David Humphries

[Chapim Azul]

""Sweet. Will watch this now! Got a whole book on cork oaks - this one.""

Can't see the book... well neither the episode anymore

[Chapim Azul]

I'm thinking of making trips to cork oak forests (Montados) combine with other stuff next year...

 

I see there are people interested here... but this is an arborist forum ...I'm not sure if there's enough persons that will be that interested

 

Just a curiosity... any particular thing that you would like to see in a Montado?

[arbwork]

spent a day or so looking for the biggest one near monchique Portugal , as described in a guide book, this year unfortunately without success, but did see large quantity of cork stacked by road side and newly stripped trees, sadly no good photos