Data sheet
Call: CIEN Strategic Program
Project reference: IDI-20200659 (Project leader)
Project title: “Forest management of cork oak forests and its influence on improving the properties of cork, in its processing, quality and interaction with wine”
Acronym: CORK2WINE
Objective: general objective to apply a new comprehensive approach to cork research, in order to generate knowledge that allows the advancement and overcoming of the current technological challenges of the national cork sector, from the stages of primary production in the forestry field until its subsequent processing for its preparation and subsequent manufacture of wine stoppers, as well as the optimal and profitable use of its by-products and waste, thus guaranteeing the competitiveness of the sector, its sustainability, international positioning and future viability.
Leader: Francisco Oler
Business partners: Francisco Oller, J. Vigas, Amoravin Forestal España, Quimivita, Muga and Vilarnau.
Research groups: the Fundació Institut Català del Suro, the Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology of the Higher Council for Scientific Research (IATA-CSIC), the Laboratory for Aroma Analysis and Oenology of the University of Zaragoza, the Center for Scientific Research and Tecnológica de Extremadura (CICYTEX), the Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) and the Madrileño Institute for Research and Rural, Agrarian and Food Development (IMIDRA).
Budget: € 4,948,217
CDTI financing: € 4,205,984
Co-financed by ERDF: € 819,323
Financing percentage: 85%
Start date: 07/26/2019
End date: 06/30/2023
