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Where does cork come from? Quercus suber, commonly known as the cork oak, is a medium-sized, evergreen oak tree in the section Quercus sect. Cerris. It is the primary source of cork for wine bottle stoppers.🌳

The first harvest is carried out on trees between 25 and 30 years old and is then harvested every 9 years over the tree’s 200-year lifespan.
 1️⃣ Virgin bark: The first harvest, known as desbóia, yields tough, irregular cork used in decorative and practical products. 2️⃣ Secundeira: Harvested every 9 years, this cork is more workable but not yet top-tier. 3️⃣ Amadia: Achieving maturity, this premium cork, harvested in subsequent nine-year cycles, is reserved for the finest wine stoppers, embodying excellence. Sustainable Cork Closures Master class with Patrick Spencer: https://lnkd.in/gD5psP7x #Cork #sustainability #wineknowledge #wset #napavalleywineacademy

Wine Girl is a great place to see wine-on-tap in Napa. Stop by and contribute to their toy drive ... Restaurants and Wineries are improving the quality of wine pours, increasing margins on wine, reducing liquid waste, and reducing carbon emissions with wine-on-tap from stainless steel kegs - a package that is reusable for decades. Kegs provide better taste and less waste. Wine is susceptible to oxygen, light and heat. Wine inside a keg, however, is kept cool, dark and safe from oxygen transfer. Steel kegs are the only true re-usable package for the wine industry. Free Flow is happy to have helped supply premium wines in reusable stainless steel kegs for the past twelve years. Reusable packaging is better for the environment and reduces reliance on new packaging supply chains. #Wineontap #sustainability #reusable #packaging #recycle #ecofriendly #circulareconomy #environmental #sustainable #reuse #refill #refillable #closedloop #freeflowwines #winequality https://lnkd.in/gn3Cxuqa

Check out the link below for a full video showing our vineyard update with 1,500 vines getting planted!

When was the last time you and I paid good money for a good cause and the only thing you get back is some piece of plastic or whatever that says we "did a good thing"? How about paying good money for a couple of beers and gathering a few friends to spend an afternoon having a great time, knowing that the beers and your time spent went towards to good cause? Isn't that money well spent? I think this man Thibault Mesqui is on to something meaningful and interesting! #oceanbeer #money #venturecapital #sustainability

🍺 🔍 Talking about beer - but from an institutional research perspective: Johannes Glückler and Yannick Eckhardt presented their work on illicit innovation in the Bavarian beer brewing landscape at the "Geographisches Kolloquium" on Hops, Malt and Water at the Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. Legally, in Bavaria only the traditional purity-brewing is allowed. However, in the face of the attention on more creative means of brewing (for example when it comes to craft beers), brewers increasingly found themselves restricted by the traditional purity law. In their research, Johannes Glückler and Yannick Eckhardt found that as a consequence, brewers successfully legitimized the counter-institution of naturalness brewing by folding their new norm over the established one in order to prevail with new brewing practices. Thank you for inviting us to the colloquium and for the interesting discussion and exchange, especially to Dr. Frank Zirkel, Dr. Frank Braun, Alfred Greiner, and Robert Scholz. 📄 If you want to read more on illicit innovation and institutional change in the Bavarian brewing landscape, here's the link to the research paper behind the talk: 👉 https://lnkd.in/dPq5r8kn #beer #beerbrewing #institutionalresearch #leisuregeographies #geography #reinheitsgebot

Spring Symphony in Our Vineyards: A Season of Renewal 🌼🍷 As the vibrant hues of spring paint the canvas of our vineyards, it's a poetic dance between nature and nurture at Azienda Agricola Casere. Let's delve into what spring signifies for our cherished vineyards. 🌿 1. Bud Break and New Beginnings: Spring marks the awakening of our dormant vines as they eagerly sprout tiny buds. It's a delicate ballet of nature, a promise of new clusters that will eventually transform into luscious grapes. 🌞 2. Sun-Kissed Canopies: With longer days and the gentle warmth of the sun, our vine canopies flourish. Each leaf becomes a solar panel, soaking in the sunlight and infusing the grapes with the energy they need for ripening. 💧 3. Vigilant Vineyard Care: Spring calls for meticulous vineyard management. Our team works tirelessly, ensuring each vine receives the attention it deserves. From pruning to canopy management, every step is guided by a commitment to excellence. 🌸 4. Blossoming Aromas: The air is filled with the sweet scent of blossoms as flowers adorn the vineyards. This aromatic symphony is a prelude to the rich flavors that will develop in the upcoming grapes. 🌱 5. Excitement in Every Cluster: As the vines mature, anticipation builds. The promise of an exceptional harvest is woven into each cluster, and we eagerly await the moment when the fruits of our labor reach their peak. 🚀 Next Steps: Craftsmanship in Motion: With spring as our guide, the journey unfolds. From nurturing the vines to tending to every detail in the cellar, our commitment to crafting exceptional wines remains unwavering. As we embrace the transformations in our vineyards, we invite you to stay tuned for the unveiling of the next chapter in our winemaking story. 🍇 Here's to the enchanting season of spring and the artistry it inspires in every bottle! #SpringInTheVineyards #CasereWines #WineCraftsmanship #SeasonalFlourish

🍇 Grape harvest is the busiest time of the year and a crucial step towards a great vintage. During this period, the whole winery team is constantly working: grape pickers, grape logistics, cellar operations, etc., are all in full swing. As everything has to be executed smoothly, harvest represents a substantial organizational effort, especially in wineries, where a lot of seasonal workers are employed short-term to hand-pick grapes. That's why at Elmibit, we have developed an eVineyard Harvest application to help vineyard managers 🍇🧑🌾 save time for data crunching and better organize harvest so that everything runs smoothly during the harvest time. Learn how one winery managed to save 4️⃣0️⃣ hours of work during each harvest month in our #CaseStudy 📖 👉https://lnkd.in/d4GHTiFA #harvest #grape #vineyard #vintage23

The sun-drenched rows of vines at Schunk pince vineyard, alive not just with the promise of grapes, but with the symphony of nature itself. This spring, Boosterra set out to capture this symphony in its entirety, using cutting-edge bioacoustic tools from ARBIMON our partner from Nature Tech Collective to measure the #biodiversity pulsating within the vineyard's heart. As the world turns its gaze towards #sustainability, #winemaking undergoes a metamorphosis. Vineyards, once symbols of monoculture, are now vibrant tapestries of life, where birds, bugs, and bats mingle among the vines. This evolution heralds not just a change in practice but a redefinition of what it means to cultivate the land. #NatureTech #SustainableWinemaking #NatureHarmony

How long can the wine last in the bottle, Sulo? Well, it depends very much on the wine, actually. Some are made to drink young, and others need time to mature. The world's oldest bottle of wine? Currently its this one aged nearly 1,700 years old! Known as the Speyer Wine Bottle, this bottle was excavated at a Roman couple's tomb near the city of Speyer in 1867. A few bottles was discovered, but only one contained liquid. Dating efforts has determined the bottle to be circa 325 CE, probably a blend of local grapes, herbs, and olive oil - although it has since transformed into a dark, resin-like mass and cloudy liquid. How did this liquid keep, while others has long evaporated? It’s all thanks to the wax seal and the large amount of olive oil, which helped further seal the liquid off from air. You can witness the Speyer Wine Bottle live and in person at the Historical Museum of the Palatinate (Historische Museum der Pfalz) in Speyer even today! Image by Carole Raddato/CC By-SA 2.0

Our spirit has evolved. St. Mezcal will now be known under its new name: St. Ember. The Little Saints team is passionate about incorporating customer feedback into everything we do. After we launched St. Mezcal, we heard you loud and clear: you loved its taste and mood-lifting qualities; the name … not so much. St. Ember is an ode to the eternal spicy and wild flame within each of us. St. Ember’s revolutionary non-alcoholic, sugar-free formula is exactly the same as St. Mezcal’s – it still mixes like a mezcal, smells wild and woody and makes you feel sharp and giggly. The new-and-improved label includes more transparency about ingredient sourcing, flavor profile and our 1% for the Planet certification.* Thank you to everyone who contributed to St. Ember’s evolution. We’re on a mission to change the way that we imbibe as a collective by providing the most joyful experience possible, both inside and outside the bottle. Your feedback is integral to our brand’s growth and improvement, so keep it coming. To be among the first to receive the gorgeous new bottle, shop here: https://lnkd.in/eX4bp_8t *1% of the revenue from every bottle labeled “St. Mezcal” has been donated to S.A.C.R.E.D., a 501(c)(3) that helps improve lives in the rural Mexican communities where mezcal and other heritage agave spirits are made. #nonalcoholic #alcoholfree #productlaunch #newproducts #zeroproof S.A.C.R.E.D.: Saving Agave for Culture, Recreation, Education, and Development