<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735024952182869802</id><updated>2011-12-29T16:05:53.110Z</updated><category term='3.3 Tapones de corcho 1+1- Cork stoppers 1+1 - Taps de suro 1+1'/><category term='9. Informaciones sobre el sector del corcho y tapones - Informations on the cork sector and closures - Informacions del sector del suro i els taps'/><category term='8. Vídeos'/><category term='2. Dónde estamos - Where we are - On som'/><category term='3.1 Tapones naturales - Natural cork - Taps de suro natural'/><category term='6. Información técnica - Technical information - Informació tècnica'/><category term='3.2 Tapones colmatados- Colmated stoppers- Taps colmatats'/><category term='4. Como comprar - How to buy - Com comprar'/><category term='5. Control de calidad - Quality control - Control de qualitat'/><category term='1. Quienes somos - Who we are - Qui som'/><category term='7. Imágenes - Pictures- Imatges'/><category term='9.3 Qué opinan las bodegas - Wineries&apos;s Opinion'/><category term='9.1. Representantes - Distributors - Distribuïdors'/><category term='3. Nuestros tapones - Our closures - Els nostres taps'/><category term='9.2 Visitas comerciales y asistencia a ferias'/><title type='text'>Manuel Serra. Tapones de corcho</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Wines Inform</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>26</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735024952182869802.post-2274283921580710206</id><published>2011-12-29T16:05:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-12-29T16:05:53.117Z</updated><title type='text'>Felices Fiestas - Feliç Nadal - Joyeux Noël - Happy Cristhmas</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mdxSUlsYkGA/TvyOaYJyhlI/AAAAAAAACCo/pcUNQiyoetM/s1600/PIC_0051.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" rea="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mdxSUlsYkGA/TvyOaYJyhlI/AAAAAAAACCo/pcUNQiyoetM/s320/PIC_0051.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xt2tjb6xgKM/TvyOdnp5pmI/AAAAAAAACCw/XCYfc4AYQHw/s1600/PIC_0054.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" rea="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xt2tjb6xgKM/TvyOdnp5pmI/AAAAAAAACCw/XCYfc4AYQHw/s320/PIC_0054.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;El equipo de Manuel Serra les desea Felices Fiestas y Próspero Año Nuevo&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;L'equip de Manuel Serra els desitja un Feliç Nadal i Bon Any Nou&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;L'équipe de Manuel Serra vous souhaite Joyeux Noël et Hereuse Année&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Manuel Serra's staff wishes you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8735024952182869802-2274283921580710206?l=manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/feeds/2274283921580710206/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2011/12/felices-fiestas-felic-nadal-joyeux-noel.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/2274283921580710206'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/2274283921580710206'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2011/12/felices-fiestas-felic-nadal-joyeux-noel.html' title='Felices Fiestas - Feliç Nadal - Joyeux Noël - Happy Cristhmas'/><author><name>Wines Inform</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mdxSUlsYkGA/TvyOaYJyhlI/AAAAAAAACCo/pcUNQiyoetM/s72-c/PIC_0051.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735024952182869802.post-2586840320952922408</id><published>2011-07-28T19:13:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-07-28T19:13:58.239+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='9.3 Qué opinan las bodegas - Wineries&apos;s Opinion'/><title type='text'>Michele Bosc • Director of Marketing at Chateau des Charmes, Canada</title><content type='html'>Michele Bosc • Director of Marketing at Chateau des Charmes, Canada&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Indeed an interesting question. You will find supporters and raving fans for all closure options. In our 32 years of producing wine under our own label we have tried so many versions of natural cork, synthetic, composites and screwcap. Today it's a winemaking decision akin to stainless vs. Oak. If the wine is meant to be enjoyed young and fresh then screwcap. If meant to be aged then high quality natural cork. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We strongly disagree with the comment that cork is the worst closure of aging wine. We believe it is still the best. Also for consideration it is the option with the smilers carbon footprint. Consumer acceptance is now a non issue in our market. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I too have a hard time opening screwcaps. The easiest is to hold the entire cap in one hand then twist the bottle, like opening sparkling."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8735024952182869802-2586840320952922408?l=manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/feeds/2586840320952922408/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2011/07/michele-bosc-director-of-marketing-at.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/2586840320952922408'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/2586840320952922408'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2011/07/michele-bosc-director-of-marketing-at.html' title='Michele Bosc • Director of Marketing at Chateau des Charmes, Canada'/><author><name>Wines Inform</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735024952182869802.post-8642060237210656455</id><published>2011-07-28T18:53:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-07-28T19:02:46.756+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='9.3 Qué opinan las bodegas - Wineries&apos;s Opinion'/><title type='text'>Richard Best •President at Writers &amp; Editors Network, Canada</title><content type='html'>Richard Best •President at Writers &amp;amp; Editors Network, Canada&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;"There a problems will all closures! I've had more failed screwcaps than corked wines. I've also had "corked" wines sealed with screwcaps and plastic corks. My money's on natural cork in the long run. For vins au courant, screwcap is fine. "&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8735024952182869802-8642060237210656455?l=manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/feeds/8642060237210656455/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2011/07/richard-best-president-at-writers.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/8642060237210656455'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/8642060237210656455'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2011/07/richard-best-president-at-writers.html' title='Richard Best •President at Writers &amp; Editors Network, Canada'/><author><name>Wines Inform</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735024952182869802.post-4827567031990411436</id><published>2011-07-28T12:13:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2011-07-28T19:04:24.425+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='9.3 Qué opinan las bodegas - Wineries&apos;s Opinion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='9. Informaciones sobre el sector del corcho y tapones - Informations on the cork sector and closures - Informacions del sector del suro i els taps'/><title type='text'>Prestigio del corcho: "No Screw cap closures in First Class International"</title><content type='html'>Un ejemplo de como el consumidor asocia la calidad del vino al corcho es la demanda de vinos realizada por la compañía United Airlines en el 2011 en la que se indica textualmente con las siguiente palabras "No Screw cap closures in First Class International" una limitación para los vinos de mayor calidad que favorece a los tapones de corcho.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8735024952182869802-4827567031990411436?l=manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/feeds/4827567031990411436/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2011/07/prestigio-del-corcho-no-screw-cap.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/4827567031990411436'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/4827567031990411436'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2011/07/prestigio-del-corcho-no-screw-cap.html' title='Prestigio del corcho: &quot;No Screw cap closures in First Class International&quot;'/><author><name>Wines Inform</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735024952182869802.post-6238856633295355356</id><published>2011-05-25T10:36:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-05-25T10:36:06.343+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='6. Información técnica - Technical information - Informació tècnica'/><title type='text'>The Chemistry of Post–bottling Sulfides in Wine</title><content type='html'>Un interesante artículo científico del enólogo y químico Alan Limmer sobre la evolución del vino según los diferentes tipos de tapones puede consultarse en &lt;a href="http://nzic.org.nz/CiNZ/articles/Limmer_69_3.pdf"&gt;The Chemistry of Post–bottling Sulfides in Wine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8735024952182869802-6238856633295355356?l=manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/feeds/6238856633295355356/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2011/05/chemistry-of-postbottling-sulfides-in.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/6238856633295355356'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/6238856633295355356'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2011/05/chemistry-of-postbottling-sulfides-in.html' title='The Chemistry of Post–bottling Sulfides in Wine'/><author><name>Wines Inform</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735024952182869802.post-3500440127966564973</id><published>2011-04-28T16:42:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2011-07-28T19:05:47.329+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='9.3 Qué opinan las bodegas - Wineries&apos;s Opinion'/><title type='text'>Sara Pérez (Clos Mogador, Mas Martinet, Dominio do Bibei,...)</title><content type='html'>Sara Pérez (Clos Mogador, Mas Martinet, Dominio do Bibei,...)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"... Pero además Sara es una militante del uso exclusivo del corcho natural y del respeto absoluto por el agricultor que pasa por no pagar 20 céntimos de euro el kilo de uva. El ciclo incluye el campo pero va más allá y se instala en una visión global que parte del campo, pasa por los productos con los que trabaja, la manera de llegar al mercado. Esta es la filosofía Sara Pérez, para algunos la que dibuja uno de los futuros posibles para Priorat. La que revolucionará o resignificará lo hecho por la generación anterior, que venía de la escuela francesa de Burdeos y trabajaba sobre todo con la Cabernet. La suya es la revuelta armada con Garnacha y Cariñena, la práctica de la viticultura natural que produzca casi en exclusiva vinos de finca y la consciencia de un comercio justo...." &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;Opinion recogida por Malena Fabregat en&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://observatoriodevino.com/2011/04/sara-perez-creadora-irreductible/"&gt;http://observatoriodevino.com/2011/04/sara-perez-creadora-irreductible/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8735024952182869802-3500440127966564973?l=manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/feeds/3500440127966564973/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2011/04/sara-perez-de-clos-mogador-mas-martinet.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/3500440127966564973'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/3500440127966564973'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2011/04/sara-perez-de-clos-mogador-mas-martinet.html' title='Sara Pérez (Clos Mogador, Mas Martinet, Dominio do Bibei,...)'/><author><name>Wines Inform</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735024952182869802.post-6021154456038372918</id><published>2011-03-07T17:02:00.001Z</published><updated>2011-03-07T17:05:53.477Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='9.1. Representantes - Distributors - Distribuïdors'/><title type='text'>Nuevo representante en La Rioja: Fusión Vínica</title><content type='html'>Apreciados amigos/clientes :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Después de tanto tiempo ha llegado el momento de informaros que nuestro amigo y representante en La Rioja el Sr. Esteban García del Valle ha decidido jubilarse. Darle las gracias por su gran labor y esfuerzo realizado durante todos estos años y desearle toda la felicidad del mundo ante el nuevo camino emprendido.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aprovechamos esta ocasión para informaros que nuestro nuevo representante será la empresa FUSION VINICA dirigida por el Sr. José Mª de la Fuente y la Sra. Laura García que van a depositar todos sus esfuerzos para ganarse vuestra confianza.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Queremos dar un “Hasta pronto” con todo nuestro cariño y agradecimiento a Esteban y una “Bienvenida” llena de entusiasmo para Laura y José María&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Atentamente, reciban un cordial saludo,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A.Serra&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FUSION VINICA : Telf. 941 310178&lt;br /&gt;E-mails de contacto : laura@fusionvinica.com , jmf@fusionvinica.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8735024952182869802-6021154456038372918?l=manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/feeds/6021154456038372918/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2011/03/nuevo-represetnante-en-la-rioja-fusion.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/6021154456038372918'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/6021154456038372918'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2011/03/nuevo-represetnante-en-la-rioja-fusion.html' title='Nuevo representante en La Rioja: Fusión Vínica'/><author><name>Wines Inform</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735024952182869802.post-43336051378768055</id><published>2011-01-18T18:20:00.001Z</published><updated>2011-01-18T18:21:56.173Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='6. Información técnica - Technical information - Informació tècnica'/><title type='text'>Hongos transgénicos contra el olor fúngico en el vino</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hongos transgénicos contra el olor fúngico en el vino&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Un equipo de investigadores del Instituto de la Viña y el Vino de Ponferrada, adscrito a la Universidad de León, ha logrado desarrollar un hongo transgénico para sustituir a otro que causa la mayor parte de los aromas fúngicos que se pueden producir en el vino y que merman la valía del producto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sin embargo, el desarrollo de este organismo modificado genéricamente se encuentra con una importante dificultad legal. Y es que está prohibido el uso de organismos alterados por la mano del hombre para su aplicación en la alimentación humana.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Por eso, los científicos estudian ahora cómo evitar que este hongo permanezca en la botella, según informan desde Dicyt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Juan José Rubio Coque, que forma parte del equipo de investigación de este Instituto leonés, explica que el desarrollo de este hongo transgénico consiste en un “diseño de microorganismos” que crecen en el corcho y sustituyen a los hongos causantes de los aromas fúngicos. Previamente a este paso, los científicos identificaron el gen que codifica la enzima responsable del mal olor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Origen del problema&lt;br /&gt;Antes de la extracción de la corteza del alcornoque o durante el proceso industrial de fabricación de los tapones de corcho, este producto puede adquirir sustancias de origen microbiano que causan en el vino olores desagradables. Los más importantes son producidos por cloroanisoles, que son compuestos volátiles generados por el hongo -en la mayoría de los casos el Trichoderma longibrachiatum- a partir de pesticidas, por lo que estos productos químicos son, en primera instancia, los causantes del problema.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El primer paso sería eliminar estos pesticidas. Pero, al contrario de lo que pueda parecer, no es tan sencillo combatir contra los cloroanisoles. “Están tan extendidos que suponen una forma de contaminación ambiental”, explica José Rubio Coque.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Por eso, los científicos se han planteado introducir mejoras biotecnológicas. Cuando logren encontrar hongos que carezcan del gen que activa la producción de tricloroanisol, los expertos plantearán la sustitución de los hongos actualmente comunes por otros que no causen olor fúngico. El paso final será la eliminación de estos hongos transgénicos de los tapones de las botellas, para que los organismos no intercedan en la cadena alimenticia humana.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Origen información: &lt;a href="http://www.mercadosdelvino.es/noticia/5248/-I-+-D/hongos-transgénicos-contra-olor-fúngico-vino.html"&gt;Mercados del Vino&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8735024952182869802-43336051378768055?l=manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/feeds/43336051378768055/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2011/01/hongos-transgenicos-contra-el-olor.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/43336051378768055'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/43336051378768055'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2011/01/hongos-transgenicos-contra-el-olor.html' title='Hongos transgénicos contra el olor fúngico en el vino'/><author><name>Wines Inform</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735024952182869802.post-6594797897877279235</id><published>2011-01-18T18:14:00.001Z</published><updated>2011-01-18T18:16:45.166Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='6. Información técnica - Technical information - Informació tècnica'/><title type='text'>La inversión en I+D en el sector europeo de la alimentación crece un 5,28%</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;La inversión en I+D en el sector europeo de la alimentación crece un 5,28%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Entre las 35 empresas comunitarias que más gastan en labores de investigación sólo hay dos españolas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pese a que la media general de inversión en I+D de las principales empresas europeas se redujo el 2,6% en 2009, la industria alimentaria comunitaria ha seguido una tendencia bien distinta.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Así, el sector de alimentación y bebidas de la Unión Europea (UE) invirtió el pasado año un total de 2.214,44 millones de euros en labores de investigación y desarrollo, lo que representa el 5,28% más que en el año anterior, según se refleja en el último cuadro de indicadores sobre la inversión industrial en I+D que la Comisión Europea ha hecho público recientemente.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A nivel mundial, esta partida aumentó el 2,51%, con una inversión total de 4.512,21 millones de euros, según recoge Alimarket.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En cuanto a los países europeos que más gastan en I+D en el sector alimentación, lidera la clasificación Reino Unido, con diez compañías incluidas entre las 35 primeras por nivel de inversión. Esta posición se entiende fácilmente teniendo en cuenta que Unilever, empresa británica, se sitúa de nuevo como la firma más comprometida, con 891 millones de euros en 2009, muy lejos de la segunda, que no es otra que la francesa Danone, con 206 millones de euros destinados a labores de investigación.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Entre las 35 primeras sólo se encuentran dos españolas: Ebro Puleva, con un volumen de inversión de 9,68 millones de euros y Pescanova, con 5,4 millones de euros. Aunque ambas han aumentado de forma considerable el gasto en investigación y desarrollo. La primera invirtió el pasado año el 16,4% más que en 2008 y, la segunda, ha destinado el 10,2% más a estas labores.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La Comisaria europea de Investigación, Innovación y Ciencia, Màire Geoghegan-Quinn, ha hecho hincapié en el hecho de que “las grandes empresas de la UE hayan mantenido en gran medida sus inversiones en I+D”, lo que, a su parecer, “demuestra que comprenden que la I+D es la clave para salir reforzados de la crisis”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Por D. Sanjuán&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Origen información: &lt;a href="http://www.mercadosdelvino.es/noticia/5247/-I-+-D/inversión-id-sector-europeo-alimentación-crece-5-28.html"&gt;Mercados del Vino&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8735024952182869802-6594797897877279235?l=manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/feeds/6594797897877279235/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2011/01/la-inversion-en-id-en-el-sector-europeo.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/6594797897877279235'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/6594797897877279235'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2011/01/la-inversion-en-id-en-el-sector-europeo.html' title='La inversión en I+D en el sector europeo de la alimentación crece un 5,28%'/><author><name>Wines Inform</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735024952182869802.post-8227829228811987208</id><published>2011-01-13T11:05:00.004Z</published><updated>2011-01-18T18:10:55.652Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='9.2 Visitas comerciales y asistencia a ferias'/><title type='text'>"Manuel Serra, S.A. Tapones de corcho natural "...Visitas programadas de nuestro comercial de Enero a Marzo del 2011...Concertación de entrevista</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;"Manuel Serra, S.A. Tapones de corcho natural "...Visitas programadas de nuestro comercial de Enero a Marzo del 2011...Concertación de entrevista&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nuestro comercial Sr. Juan Carlos Laforgue estará de visita en las bodegas clientes de Manuel Serra, S.A. en diferentes zonas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Es por este motivo que nos gustaría poder pasar a visitarles en sus instalaciones.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les agradeceremos que se pongan en contacto con nosotros si desean recibir su visita.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Del 25 al 28 de Enero estará en Ciudad Real&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Del 1 al 5 de Febrero en Madrid y Toledo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Del 15 al 17 de Febrero en Mallorca&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Del 22 al 24 de Febrero en Navarra&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Del 1 a 4 de Marzo en Tarragona&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Del 15 al 17 de Marzo en León&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8735024952182869802-8227829228811987208?l=manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/feeds/8227829228811987208/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2011/01/manuel-serra-sa-tapones-de-corcho.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/8227829228811987208'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/8227829228811987208'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2011/01/manuel-serra-sa-tapones-de-corcho.html' title='&quot;Manuel Serra, S.A. Tapones de corcho natural &quot;...Visitas programadas de nuestro comercial de Enero a Marzo del 2011...Concertación de entrevista'/><author><name>Wines Inform</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735024952182869802.post-3607414867439834806</id><published>2011-01-04T16:05:00.002Z</published><updated>2011-01-04T16:21:56.486Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='6. Información técnica - Technical information - Informació tècnica'/><title type='text'>Naturalment, de suro</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"Naturalment, de suro"&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dossier elaborado por la revista Presència sobre el sector del corcho en Catalunya&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Manuel Serra, S.A. es una de las empresas significativas del sector a la que se solicita información.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Extracto con nuestra opinión publicada en dicho dossier:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Anna Serra, gerente de Manuel Serra, pequeño fabricante de Cassà de la Selva, no teme por el corcho de calidad: A partir de un nivel los tapones deberían ser, y lo suelen ser, de calidad, y se debería decir que son de corcho. En México, los tequilas de calidad superior llevan tapones de corcho. Los grandes whiskys y los grandes coñacs no llevan tapón de rosca...Hay 32 posibles defectos del vino y uno de ellos es el TCA. Cualquier defecto del vino se atribuye al corcho"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Se puede consultar el dossier entero en &lt;a href="http://www.elpunt.cat/elements/presencia/191210presencia.pdf"&gt;El Punt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8735024952182869802-3607414867439834806?l=manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/feeds/3607414867439834806/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2011/01/naturalment-de-suro.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/3607414867439834806'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/3607414867439834806'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2011/01/naturalment-de-suro.html' title='Naturalment, de suro'/><author><name>Wines Inform</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735024952182869802.post-1380102343352864702</id><published>2010-10-20T11:22:00.007+01:00</published><updated>2010-11-17T08:23:07.515Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='9.1. Representantes - Distributors - Distribuïdors'/><title type='text'>Representantes de Manuel Serra, S.A. - World representatives</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;España - Spain:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Manuel Serra, S.A. Tapones de Corcho Natural&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pla de l'Estany, 6-8, 17244 - Cassà de la Selva -Girona- T:+34 93. 808 40 85, +34 972 46 02 73. F.: +34 972 46 31 62 Email: &lt;a href="mailto:internet@manuelserra.com"&gt;internet@manuelserra.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.manuelserra.com/"&gt;http://www.manuelserra.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ribera del Duero:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CECOGA, S.L. &lt;a href="http://www.cecoga.es/"&gt;http://www.cecoga.es/&lt;/a&gt; Telf. 947 505696 Sra. Beatriz Martin Email: &lt;a href="mailto:beatriz@cecoga.es"&gt;beatriz@cecoga.es&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Penedès:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DECAVI &lt;a href="http://www.decavi.com/"&gt;http://www.decavi.com/&lt;/a&gt; Telf. 93 8910553 Sr. Josep Cols&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Galicia:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sr. Tomas Castro Tel. 658802840 Email: &lt;a href="mailto:tcastro@aebiberica.com"&gt;tcastro@aebiberica.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La Rioja:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FUSIÓN VÍNICA &lt;a href="http://www.fusionvinica.com/"&gt;http://www.fusionvinica.com/&lt;/a&gt; Tel. 941 310 178&lt;br /&gt;Sra. Laura García Iborra&lt;br /&gt;Sr. José Mª de la Fuente Guitart &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Francia - France:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bordeaux - Burdeos:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Frédéric Dantin Tel. 00 33 556162890 &lt;a href="http://www.fredericdantin.com/"&gt;http://www.fredericdantin.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bourgogne - Borgoña:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Thierry Bosshard Tel. 0033 607572056 &lt;a href="http://solevinum.com/dossier_solevinum3.pdf"&gt;http://solevinum.com/dossier_solevinum3.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8735024952182869802-1380102343352864702?l=manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/feeds/1380102343352864702/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2010/10/representantes-de-manuel-serra-world.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/1380102343352864702'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/1380102343352864702'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2010/10/representantes-de-manuel-serra-world.html' title='Representantes de Manuel Serra, S.A. - World representatives'/><author><name>Wines Inform</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735024952182869802.post-2896991592074642157</id><published>2010-09-02T15:52:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-09-02T15:56:32.985+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='8. 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Clase AA &lt;br /&gt;Tapones 44 mm. x 24 mm.  Clase A &lt;br /&gt;Tapones 44 mm. x 24 mm.  Clase B &lt;br /&gt;Tapones 44 mm. x 24 mm.  Clase C &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Solicite información, precios y muestras llamando al teléfono (34) 93 8084085 o via email a &lt;a href="mailto:internet@manuelserra.com"&gt;internet@manuelserra.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nuestros precios incluyen: marcaje (gratuito para pedidos superiores a 5.000 unidades), tratamiento de superficie, esterilización con SO2 y embalaje&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8735024952182869802-7178138681333243258?l=manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/feeds/7178138681333243258/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2010/04/tapones-de-corcho-11-cork-stoppers-11.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/7178138681333243258'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/7178138681333243258'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2010/04/tapones-de-corcho-11-cork-stoppers-11.html' title='Tapones de corcho 1+1 - Cork stoppers 1+1 - Taps de suro 1+1'/><author><name>Wines Inform</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735024952182869802.post-5402855640217202975</id><published>2010-04-09T18:24:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-09-02T15:52:09.198+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='9. Informaciones sobre el sector del corcho y tapones - Informations on the cork sector and closures - Informacions del sector del suro i els taps'/><title type='text'>Información sobre el sector del corcho y tapones</title><content type='html'>En este &lt;a href="http://spainwinesnews-noticiasdevinoespanol.blogspot.com/search/label/Tapones%20-%20Taps%20-%20Closures"&gt;link &lt;/a&gt;encontrarán información sobre el sector del corcho y tapones recopilada por &lt;a href="http://www.winesinform.com/"&gt;Wines Inform Assessors&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ver &lt;a href="http://spainwinesnews-noticiasdevinoespanol.blogspot.com/search/label/Tapones%20-%20Taps%20-%20Closures"&gt;http://spainwinesnews-noticiasdevinoespanol.blogspot.com/search/label/Tapones%20-%20Taps%20-%20Closures&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8735024952182869802-5402855640217202975?l=manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/feeds/5402855640217202975/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2010/04/informacion-sobre-el-sector-del-corcho.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/5402855640217202975'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/5402855640217202975'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2010/04/informacion-sobre-el-sector-del-corcho.html' title='Información sobre el sector del corcho y tapones'/><author><name>Wines Inform</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735024952182869802.post-507741448610179463</id><published>2010-03-22T19:13:00.001Z</published><updated>2010-05-31T16:34:06.226+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='6. Información técnica - Technical information - Informació tècnica'/><title type='text'>Guía internacional para la compra de tapones de corcho para vinos tranquilos (diversos idiomas)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.celiege.com/PDF/Guia%20International%20de%20Compras%20de%20Tapones%20de%20corchoESP.pdf"&gt;Guía internacional para la compra de tapones de corcho para vinos tranquilos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.celiege.com/Ingles/systecode/international_code/25-09-2006%20_%20Codigo-espanol.pdf"&gt;Código internacional de prácticas taponeras&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.celiege.com/PDF/Guia%20Internacional%20de%20Compra%20de%20Rolhas%20PORT.pdf"&gt;Guia para compra da rolhas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.celiege.com/Ingles/systecode/international_code/25-09-2006%20_%20Codigo%20_%20PORTUGUES.pdf"&gt;Código internacional das práticas rolheiras&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.celiege.com/PDF/International%20Buying%20Guide%20for%20Cork%20Stopper%20for%20Still%20Wine%20May%20amends%20after%20the%20NCUG%2021st%20May%202007.pdf"&gt;International guide for buying cork stoppers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.celiege.com/Ingles/systecode/international_code/25-09-2006%20_%20Code%20ENGLISH.pdf"&gt;International code of cork stopper manufacturing practices&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.celiege.com/PDF/guide%20dachat%20de%20bouchons%20pour%20vins%20tranquilles-%20FRAN.pdf"&gt;Guide internationale d'achat des bouchons en liège&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.celiege.com/Ingles/systecode/international_code/25-09-2006%20_%20Code%20FRANCAIS.pdf"&gt;Code international des pratiques bouchonnières&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.celiege.com/Ingles/systecode/international_code/25-09-2006%20_%20Code%20ITALIANO.pdf"&gt;Códice internazionale delle pratiche per la produzione dei tappi di sughero&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.celiege.com/Ingles/systecode/international_code/25-09-2006%20_%20Code%20ALLEMAND.pdf"&gt;Internationaler codex zur herstellung von korken&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8735024952182869802-507741448610179463?l=manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/feeds/507741448610179463/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2010/03/guia-internacional-para-la-compra-de.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/507741448610179463'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/507741448610179463'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2010/03/guia-internacional-para-la-compra-de.html' title='Guía internacional para la compra de tapones de corcho para vinos tranquilos (diversos idiomas)'/><author><name>Wines Inform</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735024952182869802.post-7540078573129799230</id><published>2010-03-11T18:59:00.002Z</published><updated>2011-08-29T18:26:22.593+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='6. Información técnica - Technical information - Informació tècnica'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='5. Control de calidad - Quality control - Control de qualitat'/><title type='text'>Control de calidad</title><content type='html'>El departamento de Control de calidad de Manuel Serra, S.A., al frente del cual se halla la reconocida técnica Margarida Pi -vease su estudio &lt;a href="http://www.winesinform.com/ITHMTC.pdf"&gt;Hongos y micotoxinas en tapones de corcho. Propuesta de límites micológicos aceptables &lt;/a&gt;-, es el responsable de realizar todos los controles en proceso, desde las primeras materias hasta los controles finales que se adjuntan, con cada pedido, a los clientes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Estos análisis se realizan en nuestro laboratorio, que dispone de los equipos necesarios para efectuar los siguientes controles:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Control dimensional.&lt;br /&gt;- Control de ovalización.&lt;br /&gt;- Control de humedad.&lt;br /&gt;- Control de densidad.&lt;br /&gt;- Control de residuos en polvo.&lt;br /&gt;- Control de capilaridad.&lt;br /&gt;- Control de estanqueidad.&lt;br /&gt;- Control de microbiología.&lt;br /&gt;- Control de fuerza de extracción.&lt;br /&gt;- Control de recuperación elástica.&lt;br /&gt;- Análisis sensoriales.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Los controles de organoclorados los realiza un laboratorio externo que nos proporciona resultados de doce compuestos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La empresa dispone de certificación ISO 9001:2000 y &lt;a href="http://www.celiege.com/Ingles/frames/celiege_systecode_int.htm"&gt;Systecode &lt;/a&gt;de la &lt;a href="http://www.celiege.com/Ingles/frames/celiege_systecode_int.htm"&gt;European Cork Federation (C.E.Liège).&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8735024952182869802-7540078573129799230?l=manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/feeds/7540078573129799230/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2010/03/control-de-calidad.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/7540078573129799230'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/7540078573129799230'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2010/03/control-de-calidad.html' title='Control de calidad'/><author><name>Wines Inform</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735024952182869802.post-7848572094531953924</id><published>2010-03-09T17:42:00.001Z</published><updated>2010-09-02T15:51:49.201+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='7. Imágenes - Pictures- Imatges'/><title type='text'>Trabajando en Manuel Serra, S.A. - Working in Manuel Serra, S.A. - Treballant a Manuel Serra, S.A.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446699292690717938" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P9pB0wRvPWI/S5aQJhsznPI/AAAAAAAABkg/4VwD9ey7TZI/s320/PIC_0004.JPG" /&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Fábrica de Manuel Serra, S.A. - Factory of Manuel Serra, S.A. - Fàbrica de Manuel Serra, S.A.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446703046178099154" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P9pB0wRvPWI/S5aTkAh7z9I/AAAAAAAABkw/q9XyLDjh0Oc/s320/fardoscorcho.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Planchas de corcho ya tratadas - Cork bark after pretreatments - Planxes d'escorça de suro pretractades&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446698377214433362" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P9pB0wRvPWI/S5aPUPSQGFI/AAAAAAAABkQ/kqsM2uxMCpg/s320/secciondelavado.jpg" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Máquinas de lavado de tapones - Washing machines of stoppers - Màquines de rentat de taps&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P9pB0wRvPWI/S5aTSd17gfI/AAAAAAAABko/KFeS-IxX6Rg/s1600-h/controltapones.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446702744808948210" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P9pB0wRvPWI/S5aTSd17gfI/AAAAAAAABko/KFeS-IxX6Rg/s320/controltapones.jpg" /&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Control de calidad- Quality control - Control de qualitat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446709486036459778" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P9pB0wRvPWI/S5aZa230IQI/AAAAAAAABlI/gQUpAsch_8U/s320/controlmanual.JPG" /&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Control de calidad- Quality control - Control de qualitat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P9pB0wRvPWI/S7Ia2_bSSjI/AAAAAAAABoQ/lESxdVUNnqw/s1600/triatelectronic2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454451630740228658" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P9pB0wRvPWI/S7Ia2_bSSjI/AAAAAAAABoQ/lESxdVUNnqw/s320/triatelectronic2.JPG" /&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Selección electrónica - Electronic selection - Selecció electrònica&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P9pB0wRvPWI/S5aQDYFjxiI/AAAAAAAABkY/1G5oyZyUFuQ/s1600-h/marcadotapones.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446699187030967842" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P9pB0wRvPWI/S5aQDYFjxiI/AAAAAAAABkY/1G5oyZyUFuQ/s320/marcadotapones.jpg" /&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Marcado de los tapones - Stamping closures - Marcat dels taps&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P9pB0wRvPWI/S7JCzG0vRoI/AAAAAAAABoo/ZMds8xfyn4Q/s1600/contadora2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 254px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454495544471668354" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P9pB0wRvPWI/S7JCzG0vRoI/AAAAAAAABoo/ZMds8xfyn4Q/s320/contadora2.JPG" /&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Contadora de tapones - Stopper's counter - Comptadora de taps&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 258px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446703241631445650" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P9pB0wRvPWI/S5aTvYppMpI/AAAAAAAABk4/XIi7_KEdYJ4/s320/envasadoS02.JPG" /&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;Envasado con SO2 al vacío - Vacuum packing with SO2 - Envasat amb SO2 i al buit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P9pB0wRvPWI/S5aPJmMd57I/AAAAAAAABkI/N3TxIbR_EKU/s1600-h/taponesytirasdecorcho.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446698194385627058" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P9pB0wRvPWI/S5aPJmMd57I/AAAAAAAABkI/N3TxIbR_EKU/s320/taponesytirasdecorcho.jpg" /&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Resultado final y su origen: tapones de corcho natural y la corteza del alcornoque - The end: natural cork stoppers and the bark cork - El resultat: taps de suro naturals i l'escorça del suro&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P9pB0wRvPWI/S7Ia-kotXCI/AAAAAAAABoY/EOh2ISG7YyE/s1600/tirataps.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 334px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454451760987724834" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P9pB0wRvPWI/S7Ia-kotXCI/AAAAAAAABoY/EOh2ISG7YyE/s400/tirataps.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Estándares de calidad en tapones de corcho natural de Manuel Serra, S.A. - Standards of quality in natural cork of Manuel Serra, S.A. - Estàndards de qualitat en suro natural de Manuel Serra, S.A. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8735024952182869802-7848572094531953924?l=manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/feeds/7848572094531953924/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2010/03/trabajando-en-manuel-serra-sa-working.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/7848572094531953924'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/7848572094531953924'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2010/03/trabajando-en-manuel-serra-sa-working.html' title='Trabajando en Manuel Serra, S.A. - Working in Manuel Serra, S.A. - Treballant a Manuel Serra, S.A.'/><author><name>Wines Inform</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P9pB0wRvPWI/S5aQJhsznPI/AAAAAAAABkg/4VwD9ey7TZI/s72-c/PIC_0004.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735024952182869802.post-5361005293474489672</id><published>2010-03-09T17:21:00.001Z</published><updated>2010-09-02T16:31:25.817+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='7. Imágenes - Pictures- Imatges'/><title type='text'>Alcornoques - Cork oaks - Alzines sureres</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;Una colección de imágenes que permiten darse cuenta de las caracteristicas del alcornoque (Quercus suber).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;A collection of pictures permitting to know the characteristics of cork oaks (Quercus suber)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Imatges per conéixer l'alzina surera (Quercus suber)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P9pB0wRvPWI/S5aGH3qijWI/AAAAAAAABj4/LNfTzkmvvk4/s1600-h/alcornoque.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 319px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446688269110775138" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P9pB0wRvPWI/S5aGH3qijWI/AAAAAAAABj4/LNfTzkmvvk4/s320/alcornoque.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P9pB0wRvPWI/S5aGBoXHIQI/AAAAAAAABjw/QBFO--aE86o/s1600-h/alcornoque7.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 251px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446688161923539202" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P9pB0wRvPWI/S5aGBoXHIQI/AAAAAAAABjw/QBFO--aE86o/s320/alcornoque7.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P9pB0wRvPWI/S5aFqVCJ7iI/AAAAAAAABjY/4VrjFLeCwIw/s1600-h/alcornoque5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446687761598377506" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P9pB0wRvPWI/S5aFqVCJ7iI/AAAAAAAABjY/4VrjFLeCwIw/s320/alcornoque5.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P9pB0wRvPWI/S5aFjBAhImI/AAAAAAAABjQ/v30Ju8v51cU/s1600-h/alcornoque4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446687635963716194" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P9pB0wRvPWI/S5aFjBAhImI/AAAAAAAABjQ/v30Ju8v51cU/s320/alcornoque4.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P9pB0wRvPWI/S5aFb49EabI/AAAAAAAABjI/Y3Xn8ikdW6Y/s1600-h/alcornoque3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446687513542683058" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P9pB0wRvPWI/S5aFb49EabI/AAAAAAAABjI/Y3Xn8ikdW6Y/s320/alcornoque3.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P9pB0wRvPWI/S5aFT1cyyMI/AAAAAAAABjA/sijgsAH69zc/s1600-h/alcornoque2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446687375163050178" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P9pB0wRvPWI/S5aFT1cyyMI/AAAAAAAABjA/sijgsAH69zc/s320/alcornoque2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8735024952182869802-5361005293474489672?l=manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/feeds/5361005293474489672/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2010/03/alcornoques-cork-oaks-alzines-sureres.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/5361005293474489672'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/5361005293474489672'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2010/03/alcornoques-cork-oaks-alzines-sureres.html' title='Alcornoques - Cork oaks - Alzines sureres'/><author><name>Wines Inform</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P9pB0wRvPWI/S5aGH3qijWI/AAAAAAAABj4/LNfTzkmvvk4/s72-c/alcornoque.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735024952182869802.post-956847404119322527</id><published>2010-03-09T08:59:00.001Z</published><updated>2010-04-09T15:33:55.144+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='4. Como comprar - How to buy - Com comprar'/><title type='text'>Como comprar - How to buy - Com comprar</title><content type='html'>1. &lt;strong&gt;Solicite información y precios.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Llamando al teléfono +34 93 8084085 o via email a &lt;a href="mailto:internet@manuelserra.com"&gt;internet@manuelserra.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nuestros precios incluyen: marcaje (gratuito para pedidos superiores a 5.000 unidades), tratamiento de superficie, esterilización con SO2 y embalaje&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. &lt;strong&gt;Solicite muestras.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Llamando al teléfono +34 93 8084085 o via email a &lt;a href="mailto:internet@manuelserra.com"&gt;internet@manuelserra.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8735024952182869802-956847404119322527?l=manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/feeds/956847404119322527/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2010/03/como-comprar-how-to-buy-com-comprar.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/956847404119322527'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/956847404119322527'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2010/03/como-comprar-how-to-buy-com-comprar.html' title='Como comprar - How to buy - Com comprar'/><author><name>Wines Inform</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735024952182869802.post-9118947282788595003</id><published>2010-03-08T18:36:00.001Z</published><updated>2010-04-20T16:11:53.127+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='3.2 Tapones colmatados- Colmated stoppers- Taps colmatats'/><title type='text'>Tapones de corcho natural colmatados- Colmated natural cork stoppers- Taps de suro natural colmatats</title><content type='html'>Tapones de corcho natural colmatados&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Referencia Tapón Clase&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C22A tapones 49 mm. x 24 mm. Clase A&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C20A tapones 44 mm. x 24 mm. Clase A&lt;br /&gt;C20B tapones 44 mm. x 24 mm. Clase B&lt;br /&gt;C20C tapones 44 mm. x 24 mm. Clase C&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C18A tapones 39 mm. x 24 mm. Clase A&lt;br /&gt;C18B tapones 39 mm. x 24 mm. Clase B&lt;br /&gt;C18C tapones 39 mm. x 24 mm. Clase C&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Solicite información, precios y muestras llamando al teléfono (34) 93 8084085 o via email a &lt;a href="mailto:internet@manuelserra.com"&gt;internet@manuelserra.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nuestros precios incluyen: marcaje (gratuito para pedidos superiores a 5.000 unidades), tratamiento de superficie, esterilización con SO2 y embalaje&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8735024952182869802-9118947282788595003?l=manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/feeds/9118947282788595003/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2010/03/tapones-colmatados-colmated-stoppers.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/9118947282788595003'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/9118947282788595003'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2010/03/tapones-colmatados-colmated-stoppers.html' title='Tapones de corcho natural colmatados- Colmated natural cork stoppers- Taps de suro natural colmatats'/><author><name>Wines Inform</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735024952182869802.post-8611701190263770679</id><published>2010-03-08T16:33:00.001Z</published><updated>2010-04-20T16:11:09.259+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='3.1 Tapones naturales - Natural cork - Taps de suro natural'/><title type='text'>Tapones de corcho natural - Natural cork stoppers- Taps de suro natural</title><content type='html'>Referencia Tapón Clase&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tapones de corcho natural&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;540F Tapones 54 mm. x 24 mm. Clase Flor&lt;br /&gt;540E Tapones 54 mm. x 24 mm. Clase Extra&lt;br /&gt;540S Tapones 54 mm. x 24 mm. Clase Super&lt;br /&gt;5401 Tapones 54 mm. x 24 mm. Clase 1ª&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;490F Tapones 49 mm. x 24 mm. Clase Flor&lt;br /&gt;490E Tapones 49 mm. x 24 mm. Clase Extra&lt;br /&gt;490S Tapones 49 mm. x 24 mm. Clase Super&lt;br /&gt;4901 Tapones 49 mm. x 24 mm. Clase 1ª&lt;br /&gt;4902 Tapones 49 mm. x 24 mm. Clase 2ª&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;440F Tapones 44 mm. x 24 mm. Clase Flor&lt;br /&gt;440E Tapones 44 mm. x 24 mm. Clase Extra&lt;br /&gt;440S Tapones 44 mm. x 24 mm. Clase Super&lt;br /&gt;4401 Tapones 44 mm. x 24 mm. Clase 1ª&lt;br /&gt;4402 Tapones 44 mm. x 24 mm. Clase 2ª&lt;br /&gt;4403 Tapones 44 mm. x 24 mm. Clase 3ª&lt;br /&gt;443B Tapones 44 mm. x 24 mm. Clase 3ª-B&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;39ES Tapones 39 mm. x 24 mm. Extra/ Super&lt;br /&gt;3901 Tapones 39 mm. x 24 mm. Clase 1ª&lt;br /&gt;3902 Tapones 39 mm. x 24 mm. Clase 2ª&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Solicite información, precios y muestras llamando al teléfono (34) 93 8084085 o via email a &lt;a href="mailto:internet@manuelserra.com"&gt;internet@manuelserra.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nuestros precios incluyen: marcaje (gratuito para pedidos superiores a 5.000 unidades), tratamiento de superficie, esterilización con SO2 y embalaje&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8735024952182869802-8611701190263770679?l=manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/feeds/8611701190263770679/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2010/03/tapones-naturales-natural-cork-taps-de.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/8611701190263770679'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/8611701190263770679'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2010/03/tapones-naturales-natural-cork-taps-de.html' title='Tapones de corcho natural - Natural cork stoppers- Taps de suro natural'/><author><name>Wines Inform</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735024952182869802.post-8427011559298128451</id><published>2010-03-08T16:22:00.001Z</published><updated>2010-04-20T15:59:24.469+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='3. Nuestros tapones - Our closures - Els nostres taps'/><title type='text'>Tapones producidos por Manuel Serra, S.A.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P9pB0wRvPWI/S7ISkRr0f4I/AAAAAAAABng/1CJbhBE6I0I/s1600/tirataps.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 334px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454442513130880898" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P9pB0wRvPWI/S7ISkRr0f4I/AAAAAAAABng/1CJbhBE6I0I/s400/tirataps.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P9pB0wRvPWI/S7ISOcuv1oI/AAAAAAAABnY/On0tiJjojF4/s1600/tirataps.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Manuel Serra, S.A. se ha especializado en la producción de tapones de corcho natural y tapones de corcho colmatados, con diferentes calidades para cada medida de tapón. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Asimismo producimos tapones 1+1 (sólo en la medida 44x24 mm.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8735024952182869802-8427011559298128451?l=manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/feeds/8427011559298128451/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2010/03/tapones-producidos-por-manuel-serra-sa.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/8427011559298128451'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/8427011559298128451'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2010/03/tapones-producidos-por-manuel-serra-sa.html' title='Tapones producidos por Manuel Serra, S.A.'/><author><name>Wines Inform</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P9pB0wRvPWI/S7ISkRr0f4I/AAAAAAAABng/1CJbhBE6I0I/s72-c/tirataps.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735024952182869802.post-1630784183360096051</id><published>2010-03-08T15:39:00.000Z</published><updated>2010-03-11T19:32:03.026Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='6. Información técnica - Technical information - Informació tècnica'/><title type='text'>How is cork made?</title><content type='html'>An incredibly versatile natural material, cork is harvested from living cork oak trees somewhat like wool is gathered from sheep. The trees are unharmed by the process, and they continue producing cork for an average of 150 years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Background&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cork is composed of dead cells that accumulate on the outer surface of the cork oak tree. Because of its honeycomb-like structure, cork consists largely of empty space; its density (weight per unit volume) is one-fourth that of water. Unlike a honeycomb, however, cork consists of irregularly shaped and spaced cells having an average of 14 sides. With 625 million of these empty cells per cubic inch (40 million per cubic centimeter), cork is like many layers of microscopic Bubble Wrap, making it an effective cushioning material. Its low density makes cork useful in products like life preservers and buoys. The large amount of dead-air space makes cork an effective insulation material for both temperature and noise. Furthermore, it is fire retardant; flames will only char the surface, and no toxic fumes are generated. Cutting the surface of cork turns many of the microscopic cells into tiny suction cups, creating an effective non-slip surface. In addition to being flexible, cork is highly resilient. After being crushed under a pressure of 14,000 lbs/in2 (96,000 kPa), cork will regain 90% of its original size in 24 hours. Cork absorbs neither dust nor moisture, and it resists both rot and insects. Highly resistant to wear, it is used for polishing diamonds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Among the many products made from cork are flooring materials (e.g., linoleum), shoe insoles, roofing panels, gaskets, safety helmet liners, bottle stoppers, dartboards, bulletin boards, and cores for golf balls and baseballs. Numerous artificial materials have been developed to substitute for cork in specific applications (e.g., a synthetic pea in a referee's whistle, foam insoles for shoes, or Styrofoam life preservers). However, no general substitute has been developed for cork that can be used in diverse applications.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;History&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cork bottle stoppers have been found in Egyptian tombs dating back thousands of years. Ancient Greeks used cork to make fishing net floats, sandals, and bottle stoppers. Two thousand years ago, Romans widely used cork in variety of ways, including life jackets for fishermen. For hundreds of years, Mediterranean cottages have been built with cork roofs and floors to keep out summer heat and winter cold—and to provide a soft walking surface.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Glass bottles were invented in the fifteenth century, but their use did not become widespread until the seventeenth century. The popularity of cork as a stopper led to deliberate cultivation of cork trees, which prior to about 1760 had simply been harvested wherever they happened to grow. The revolutionary crown cap—a metal lid lined with a disk of natural cork commonly known as a bottle cap—was invented in 1892&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A great deal of the cork harvest was wasted until around 1890, when a German company developed a process for adding a clay binder to cork particles and producing sheets of agglomerated (composite) cork for use as insulation. The following year, an American named John Smith developed a technique for producing pure-cork agglomeration out of waste material by subjecting cork particles to heat and pressure without adding any binder. The next major development occurred in 1909 when Charles McManus invented a type of agglomerated cork that could be used to line crown caps. Since then, many other techniques have been developed to produce cork compounds with a variety of properties and uses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Raw Materials&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The raw material for cork products is harvested from the cork oak tree (either the evergreen Quercus suber or the deciduous-Quercus occidentalis). The trees typically reach a height of 40-60 ft (12-18 m) and a trunk circumference of 6-10 ft (2-3 m). Virtually all of the world's commercial cork trees grow in the western Mediterranean region and the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal's cork forests are the most productive. Accounting for 30% of the existing trees, they produce half of the world's harvested cork.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A cork tree is ready for its first harvest when it is about 20 years old. The first harvest is of poor quality, and can only be used to make agglomerated cork products. Subsequent harvests occur at nine-year intervals, when the cork layer reaches a thickness of 1-2 in (2-5 cm). The harvest from a young tree yields about 35 lb (16 kg) of cork, while the yield for an older tree may be 500 lb (225 kg). Each tree has a productive life of about 150 years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During the production of bottle stoppers, chemical baths are used to condition the corks. Among the more popular are a chlorinated lime bath followed by a neutralizing bath of oxalic acid, a hypochlorite bath neutralized by sodium oxalate, and a peroxide bath neutralized with citric acid.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Production of compound agglomerated cork involves adding a binder or adhesive agent to cork granules. Different binders are chosen, depending on the qualities desired in the ultimate product (e.g., flexibility, softness, resistance to wear). Among those frequently used are asphalt, rubber, gypsum, glue, and plastic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Manufacturing Process&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Using a specially designed hatchet, the harvester slices through the cork layer on the trunk of the tree, taking care not to cut deep enough to damage the living portion of the trunk. Horizontal cuts are made at the base of the trunk and just below the lowest branches. A few vertical cuts separate the circumferential cork ring into sections of an appropriate size. Using the wedge-shaped handle of the hatchet, the harvester strips each panel of cork from the tree. On some large trees, cork is also stripped from the lower branches.&lt;br /&gt;The cork planks are stacked outdoors and left to cure for a time ranging from a few weeks to six months. The fresh air, sun, and rain encourage chemical changes that improve the quality of the cork. By the end of the curing process, the planks have flattened out and lost about 20% of their original moisture content.&lt;br /&gt;The planks are then treated with heat and water to remove dirt and water-soluble components like tannin, and to make the cork softer and more flexible. This process typically involves lowering stacks of cork planks into large copper vats filled with boiling water containing a fungicide. Heavy weights are placed on top of the cork to keep it submerged for 30-75 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;When the planks are removed from the vat, a hoe-shaped knife is used to scrape off the poor-quality outer layer of cork, which amounts to about 2% of the volume of the plank but 20% of its weight. The planks are stacked in a dark cellar and allowed to dry and cure under controlled humidity for a few more weeks.&lt;br /&gt;The cork planks are trimmed to a uniform, rectangular shape and are sorted by quality. The finest quality material will be used to make natural cork products like wine bottle stoppers. Poorer quality material will be ground and used to make composition or agglomerated cork.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Boffle corks&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cork slabs of the desired thickness are placed in a steam chamber for 20 minutes to soften them. The slabs are then cut into strips whose width corresponds to the intended length of the bottle stoppers. The strips are fed through a machine that punches hollow metal tubes through them, removing cylinders of cork.&lt;br /&gt;Although some beverage bottlers want cylindrical corks, others want tapered ones. To achieve this shape, the cylinders are arranged on a slanted conveyor that carries them past a rapidly rotating circular knife. As they pass the blade, the corks are also revolving on the conveyor, so they are trimmed to a taper.&lt;br /&gt;Both cylindrical and tapered corks are washed, bleached, and sterilized in large vats. Rotating wooden paddles continually push the corks down into first a washing solution and then a neutralizing solution.&lt;br /&gt;After being dried in a large centrifugal dryer, the corks may be marked with an identifying label (with ink or a hot-metal stamp). Some are also coated with a sealant such as paraffin or silicone. Then, they are packed in airtight bags in quantities of 1,000 or 1,500; the air is removed from the bags and replaced with sulfur dioxide (SO2) to keep the corks sterile.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agglomerated cork&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Waste cork is passed through a machine that breaks it into small pieces. The pieces are washed and dried, and then sent through two successive grinders to further reduce the particle size. After another washing and drying process, the particles are screened for uniform size.&lt;br /&gt;Pure agglomerated cork is formed by packing cork particles into a mold and covering it securely. Superheated steam (600° F or 315° C) is passed through the mold. Alternatively, the mold is baked at 500° F (260° C) for four to six hours. Either process binds the cork particles into a solid block by activating their natural resins.&lt;br /&gt;Compound agglomerated, or composition, cork is made by uniformly coating the cork granules with a thin layer of an additional adhesive agent. The coated granules are pressed into a mold and slowly heated (the temperature varies, depending on the adhesive used). When removed from the mold and cooled, the blocks are stacked to allow air circulation and are allowed to season.&lt;br /&gt;The agglomerated cork is cut for its intended use. For example, sheets may be cut from rectangular blocks. Or if a tubular mold was used, the resulting cork rod may be sliced into discs. A large, cylindrical block might by revolved against a knife blade to shave it into a long, continuous sheet that is rewound into a roll.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cork waste generated during the manufacturing process is ground and used to make agglomerated cork products. Cork powder that is generated by the grinding process is collected and burned to help fuel the factory. Chemical components removed from cork during its processing can be recovered as useful byproducts and include tannin (used for curing leather), hard wax (used in products like paraffin, paint, and soap), resinous gum (helps vanish adhere to copper and aluminum), and phonic acid (used to make plastics and musk-scented toiletries).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Origin information: &lt;a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/cork"&gt;How is cork made?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8735024952182869802-1630784183360096051?l=manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/feeds/1630784183360096051/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2010/03/how-is-cork-made.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/1630784183360096051'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/1630784183360096051'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2010/03/how-is-cork-made.html' title='How is cork made?'/><author><name>Wines Inform</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735024952182869802.post-30778576779714314</id><published>2010-03-08T11:00:00.000Z</published><updated>2010-03-08T15:38:33.043Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2. Dónde estamos - Where we are - On som'/><title type='text'>Manuel Serra S.A. está radicada en la zona productora de tapones de corcho con mayor tradición en España</title><content type='html'>Manuel Serra S.A. está radicada en la zona productora de tapones de corcho con mayor tradición en España: Girona.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" src="http://maps.google.es/maps?f=q&amp;amp;source=s_q&amp;amp;hl=es&amp;amp;geocode=&amp;amp;q=cassa+de+la+selva&amp;amp;sll=40.730608,-3.713379&amp;amp;sspn=7.258385,19.709473&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;hq=&amp;amp;hnear=Cass%C3%A0+de+la+Selva,+Gerona,+Catalu%C3%B1a&amp;amp;ll=41.887742,2.875085&amp;amp;spn=105.827435,315.351563&amp;amp;z=2&amp;amp;output=embed" frameborder="0" width="425" scrolling="no" height="350"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a style="COLOR: #0000ff; TEXT-ALIGN: left" href="http://maps.google.es/maps?f=q&amp;amp;source=embed&amp;amp;hl=es&amp;amp;geocode=&amp;amp;q=cassa+de+la+selva&amp;amp;sll=40.730608,-3.713379&amp;amp;sspn=7.258385,19.709473&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;hq=&amp;amp;hnear=Cass%C3%A0+de+la+Selva,+Gerona,+Catalu%C3%B1a&amp;amp;ll=41.887742,2.875085&amp;amp;spn=105.827435,315.351563&amp;amp;z=2"&gt;Ver mapa más grande&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8735024952182869802-30778576779714314?l=manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/feeds/30778576779714314/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2010/03/manuel-serra-sa-esta-radicada-en-la.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/30778576779714314'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/30778576779714314'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2010/03/manuel-serra-sa-esta-radicada-en-la.html' title='Manuel Serra S.A. está radicada en la zona productora de tapones de corcho con mayor tradición en España'/><author><name>Wines Inform</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8735024952182869802.post-5876233668734733997</id><published>2010-03-06T18:38:00.000Z</published><updated>2010-03-29T15:30:51.624+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='1. Quienes somos - Who we are - Qui som'/><title type='text'>Primer dia en nuestro blog</title><content type='html'>Iniciamos con ilusión este blog en que recogeremos el dia a dia de Manuel Serra, S.A.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anna Serra y Robert Serra son el alma de un equipo de 20 personas en que cada uno desempeña su función con la ilusión del trabajo bien hecho.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tras los primeros momentos de zozobra por la aparición de nuevas alternativas para tapar el vino, hoy en día y gracias al esfuerzo del sector en mejorar sus técnicas y sus controles de calidad, el tapón de corcho mantiene e incrementa su imagen de producto noble, colaborador en la conservación del medio ambiente y solución óptima en su finalidad de permitir disfrutar del vino con el paso del tiempo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nuestra empresa se dedica desde 1927 a la producción de tapones de corcho natural, realizando todo el proceso desde la compra del corcho a la elaboración del producto final.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Manuel Serra, S.A. , socia fundadora de la empresa Corchos Talavera, de Toledo, que planta alcornoques de alta calidad, ha conseguido así la máxima trazabilidad de su materia prima. Manuel Serra S.A. también adquiere corcho en Extremadura, Andalucia, Valencia y Catalunya.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Producimos unos 30 millones de tapones de corcho natural, y en menor medida colmatados, de los que un 40% se exportan, siendo nuestros principales mercados en el exterior Francia, Austria, Sudáfrica, Argentina, Chile y Canadá, mientras en España los principales compradores son La Rioja, Ribera del Duero, Galicia y Penedès.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nuestra empresa, que cuenta con clientes de grandes volúmenes de compra, tiene interés especial en las bodegas pequeñas y medianas que buscan tapones de calidad, siendo éstas el 70% de nuestros compradores.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Para ello damos una importancia fundamental a la limpieza y al control exhaustivo y continuado a lo largo del proceso de producción de nuestros tapones, realizado por la responsable de laboratorio Margarida Pi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Están invitados a visitar nuestras instalaciones y comprobar el nivel de autoexigencia que nos hemos marcado y que nos hace cumplir las normas de &lt;a href="http://www.celiege.com/Ingles/frames/celiege_systecode_int.htm"&gt;Systecode &lt;/a&gt;a lo largo de todo nuestro proceso productivo. Asimismo pueden comprobar la calidad de nuestros tapones solicitando muestras al teléfono +34 93 8084085 o via email a &lt;a href="mailto:internet@manuelserra.com"&gt;internet@manuelserra.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ponemos también a su disposición la posibilidad de consultar sus dudas y necesidades con nuestros técnicos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agradecerles su atención y confiar en que en algún momento sean clientes y amigos.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8735024952182869802-5876233668734733997?l=manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/feeds/5876233668734733997/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2010/03/primer-dia-en-nuestro-blog.html#comment-form' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/5876233668734733997'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8735024952182869802/posts/default/5876233668734733997'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://manuelserrataponesdecorcho.blogspot.com/2010/03/primer-dia-en-nuestro-blog.html' title='Primer dia en nuestro blog'/><author><name>Wines Inform</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
