Re: Mediterranean Cork Oak Forests at Stake in Wine Closure Battle
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 9:56 pm
Dale Williams wrote:I'd count APCOR as "Big Cork", wouldn't you? And Amorim currently holds the chair? Look at http://www.corkmasters.com, the APCOR site. "Enviroment" is #2 of their five headers, with the pulldown menu featuring.....are you ready.....protecting the Iberian Lynx . That's pretty prominent. Is there anything, other than maybe "hey, TCA isn't the cork's fault", that is emphasized more on that webpage?
I'm not really competent to say, Dale, other than to point out that Antonio Amorim fairly recently became chairman of APCOR, and told me (in a fully on-the-record interview over dinner) that his primary goal there was to try to get his competitors to clean up their act. I don't think he used those exact terms.
But one thing I'm quite sure of - and I think anyone involved with institutions will understand this - a trade association doesn't generally follow the dictates of a single member, even the largest and most powerful.