Jaillance Cork Recycling Initiative

Jaillance produces the only sparkling wine from France's Rhône Valley. They call it their "Clairette de Die" and its 7% alcohol content makes it a festive choice for most all occasions. Their rosé, the Cuvée de l'Abbaye, is made from 100% merlot and their "Cremant de Bordeaux" is 70% semillon and 30% cabernet franc.

Jaillance committed to organic farming in 1989 and has more than 200 growers in their winegrowers' "cooperatif." They take their commitment to sustainable winemaking seriously... far beyond simply changing out their bottles to the lighter 775gr. from the heavier 830 gr. champagne bottle. Take their cork recycling initiative for instance...

Did You Know?

• 12 billion corks are manufactured every year. 3 billion of those are destined for France alone!
• The cork oak tree does not die when its bark is harvested. The bark gradually grows back, like shedding its skin.
• Cork Oak trees can get up to 300 years old and grow a thick new layer of bark every nine years.
• 100% of harvested cork is used.
• Cork oak forests have great ecological value, sustaining a rich level of biodiversity and protecting many species of fauna and flora.
• A harvested cork oak tree absorbs 2 1/2 to 4 times as much CO2 as one not harvested.

Jaillance's Cork Recycling Initiative: How It Works

Starting this summer Jaillance is calling on their consumers to save and collect their corks and bring them back to designated collection points. These collection points La Cave de Die Jaillance, Jaillance sales outlets and all Gamm Vert Shops (France). 

These used corks will be sold back to to the cork industry, and the money sent to the Institut Mediterranéen du Liège (Mediterranean Cork Institute). The Institute will use the funds to plant more cork oaks in the Eastern Pyrenees forests.

Once the wine corks have been collected, the wine corks are taken to a recycling plant to be transformed into floor coverings, decorative items, components for the aerospace and automobile industries - or even into electrical power. 

Cork is 100% natural and 100% recyclable.  It is one of nature's treasures.

To Read More about Jaillance and their Sustainability programs, including their Solar Panel Initiative, Click Here...

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