Afternoon Brief, August 5th

Santa Rosa Wine Executive Notes Interest in Cannabis Sector Will Grow in Future Years: A top local wine executive said Thursday said that the lines between the wine industry and the cannabis are increasingly blurring with more companies poised to enter the market as legalization at the federal level appears inevitable...

Each stopper sequesters up to 148g of CO2, allowing producers to meet targets in line with the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.   Napa, CA (October 21, 2020)—Amorim Top Series (ATS) has become the trusted partner for spirits producers around the world urgently seeking solutions to offset the high carbon footprint associated with its production, transportation, and packaging processes. […] The post Amorim Top Series Stoppers Help Leading Spirits Producers Meet Rigorous Carbon Targets appeared first on Wine Industry Advisor. Url:https://wineindustryadvisor.com/2020/10/21/amorim-stoppers-help-meet-rigorous-carbon-targets?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=amorim-stoppers-help-meet-rigorous-carbon-targets Published Date:Wed, 21 Oct 2020 19:52:59 +0000 

Each stopper sequesters up to 148g of CO2, allowing producers to meet targets in line with the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. Napa, CA (October 21, 2020)—Amorim Top Series (ATS) has become the trusted partner for spirits producers around the world urgently seeking solutions to offset the high carbon footprint associated with its production, transportation, and packaging processes. Demonstrating its firm commitment to sustainability and verified by rigorous independent carbon footprint studies, Amorim’s high-quality stoppers offer solutions for spirits producers looking for reliable, scientifically confirmed data to reduce the net CO2 levels associated with production. A series of recent studies conducted independently by EY Consultants provide important data on the levels of carbon sequestration of different Amorim stoppers. When considering the carbon sequestration of cork oak forests and emissions associated with production of the product, the ran

Research underscores cork closures’ role in advancing wine industry’s commitment to sustainability  Napa, CA (September 9, 2020)—Corticeira Amorim has announced the results of new 2020 studies measuring the carbon footprint of wine, sparkling and spirits stoppers, putting the world’s leading cork manufacturer ahead of its competitors in terms of the breadth and depth of research around the positive environmental impact of Amorim products. The latest studies assess the CO2 retention rates of TwinTop Evo, Advantec, Agglomerate Sparkling, and Top Series stoppers, following Amorim’s cradle-to-gate methodology that measures everything from forest floor to finished stopper. As seen in previous studies on other Amorim closures, the results confirm a uniquely positive environmental performance with stoppers capturing up to 540 grams of CO2—as in the case of Agglomerate Sparkling. The results follow previous research conducted in 2018 on Neutrocork (