Portugal dominates cork production

Author: Per Karlsson
February 16, 2011

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Author: Per Karlsson
February 16, 2011

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17 billion wine bottles were sealed in 2009. 11.3 billion (66%) used “natural” cork, 3.1 bn used screw cap, and 2.9 bn used synthetic corks. The by far biggest producer of ‘natural’ cork is Portugal. Here are the major cork producers (source: La Vigne, Apcor):

Portugal: 157,000 tonnes (52%)
Spain: 88,400 tonnes (29%)
Italy: 17,000 tonnes (5.6%)
Algeria: 15,000 tonnes (5%)
Morocco: 11,000 tonnes (3.6%)
Tunisia: 7,500 tonnes (2.5%)
France: 3,400 tonnes (1%)

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Per Karlsson

Swedish. Per is co-founder together with his wife Britt of BKWine. Rumour has it that his interest in wine started already when he was 11. Just like Britt he visits some 200 wineries each year on wine tours and for journalistic research. He writes about wine primarily online on BKWine Magazine and in the BKWine Brief. Per is also a professional photographer, specialising in wine and travel photography. See BKWine Photography for more on this. Since a few years back he has also branched out into video production on the same subject. He has contributed all images, and some text, to BKWine’s wine books.

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Per Karlsson