The one that appears in the photograph is the first of at least 30 identical ones that will come from Finca Palomares from la Sierra de San Pedro in Cáceres. A good cork with which in 2022 / 23, the stoppers that we obtain from it, will cover excellent bottles of wine. This year, we…
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But lately, these sensations have been enriched by the increasingly frequent visits of important cork suppliers. Yesterday we were visited by the Alfonso Valero family of Aracena, from whom, since 2000, we have been able to buy the FSC cork from their “La Cadena” farm. Curiously, we find that these entrepreneurs need to know what…
After having the cork from the 2020 campaign drying in our yard for more than eight months, today we received the results of the analyses requested in February, from each of the piles and, we have verified the importance of respecting the seasoning times. The good news for another year is to verify that the…
On 17th December we were audited by SGS in FSC-STD-40-004 V3.0, according to the Forest Stewardship Council certification system, with the excellent result of being renewed the FSC certification, for a new period one year and without any NON-CONFORMITY. We attach certificate.
On 26th and 27th November, our company received the AENOR certifier in order to proceed with the BRC certificate renewal audit for one more year. On 11th December, we received the result of the audit, having passed it with a positive result and maintaining the category, (we show you the certificate).
Twenty years ago the cork oaks that surround the perimeter of our facilities were planted and this is the first year that they have borne fruit, ‘the acorns’. As you can see in the photos, they are not yet ripe. From a nutritional point of view, it is a dried fruit made up of carbohydrates…
Indeed, it was 7:00 pm on June 17, when the first cork lorry of this campaign entered our facilities, being its origin from the Sierra de San Pedro. We are confident that, in the next 45 days, everything will proceed normally and we will not have accidents (of any kind) and, at the end of…
As you will remember, a few days ago I gave you my opinion on why “things are almost never by chance” and today I have the opportunity to demonstrate one more example of this reality. If you check the location of the farms mentioned in my previous article, “Calabazas” and “La Cobacha de Castellanos”, you…
Indeed, I am convinced that things are never, or almost never, by chance. Specifically, I want to refer to two different situations, in which I think I can demonstrate it. For 6 or 8 years, our advisers for the purchase of cork in the field, always indicated to us that, in general terms, the cork…
