Portugal Asks World’s Wineries To Put A Cork In It,

Portugal Asks World’s Wineries To Put A Cork In It, Please

“You cannot say `global warming’ and `aluminum screw-caps.’ You can’t have organic wines produced without chemicals and pesticides and then put a plastic stopper in the bottle.”

Except for the cellphone hitched to his belt, 79-year-old Jose Joaquin da Silva Perdigao has been harvesting cork in Portugal’s forests in much the same way for more than half a century. via Hartford Courant