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Portocork Expands Sales Team, Bolstering West Coast Wine Industry Expertise
Demand for high-quality, natural cork continues to grow
November 16th – (Napa, Calif.) — Portocork, North America’s premier supplier of natural cork closures for the wine, beer, and spirits industry, announced a sales team expansion, adding professional cork representatives that service winemaking regions spanning the entire west coast of California.
“The growing demand for high quality, natural cork products developed specifically to be used by the world’s most discriminating winemakers, created the need for us to grow our California sales team,” said Portocork President & CEO Dustin Mowe. “We are making these additions in order to continue to offer first in class service to our growing customer base”
Christopher Cenami – Sales Manager, has spent nearly two decades in wine and spirits sales in Northern California with major wholesale distributors such as Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits, Young’s Market, and Wine Warehouse. A seasoned wine business professional, Cenami is enthusiastic about delving into the trade side, servicing wine production clients, motivating the team and driving sales initiatives.
Justin Draheim – Account Manager Napa, brings fine wine hospitality and sales expertise to Portocork. A sommelier certified by the Court of Master Sommeliers, and Certified Specialist of Wine (CSW) by the Society of Wine Educators, Draheim also earned a Level III Certification in Wine Business Management from Sonoma State University. His passion for wine makes him a great fit to help Portocork grow their footprint in the Napa Valley.
Chris Traverso – Account Manager Sonoma / Mendocino / Lake Counties was born and raised in Sonoma County. His 25 years of wine industry experience in sales, marketing, distribution, and hospitality provide a proper platform for his desire to expand into the production side of the business, making Portocork a perfect professional fit.
Ryan Kirkpatrick – Account Manager Central Coast to Southern California border, has worked in multiple wine industry roles throughout his decade-plus career. His experience includes roles in harvest, wine production, purchasing, bottling, compliance, and brand marketing, as well as customer-facing responsibilities. With a passion for sales and interacting with people, Kirkpatrick looks forward to focusing on the burgeoning Central and Southern California wine regions.
Since 1982, Portocork has been the leading supplier of natural cork to the American wine, beer, and spirit’s market. With innovation and quality at the forefront of their mission, the company strives to provide technical solutions for today’s marketplace with reliable, high-quality, natural cork products coupled with best-in-class service.
For more information about Portocork or to arrange a visit to the state-of-the-art facility in Napa, please contact Portocork at 707.258.3930, visit www.portocork.com or send an email to info@portocork.com.
Portocork Adds Sarah Donley to Sales Team
(NAPA, Calif.) – Portocork, North America’s premier supplier of natural cork stoppers for the wine, beer and spirits industry, announced the addition of Sarah Donley to the sales team. Donley joins Portocork as an account manager in Napa and Sonoma, following a decade of winemaking experience at wineries including Colgin Cellars, Wheeler Farm and ADAMVS Winery.
“Having known Sarah for many years as a client, I am delighted that she has joined our team,” said Portocork President Dustin Mowe, “Her deep technical and winemaking knowledge is matched by her enthusiasm for carrying on Portocork’s relentless efforts to supply the finest cork products in the world. As a seasoned winemaker who has used our products in the past, Sarah brings an insightful ability to understand, and attest to, the quality and service for which Portocork is known.”
“Moving into the sales side of the wine business is a natural and exciting next step in my career,” Donley said, “It has been my desire to join a company that is the market leader, extremely innovative and committed to the highest standards for quality and service.”
“As Portocork continues to grow, the addition of winemaking professionals such as Sarah Donley bolsters our ability to provide the finest natural cork closures of choice for premium wines, as well as continued confidence from our winery customers,” Mowe added.
Since 1982, Portocork has been the leading supplier of natural cork to the American wine, beer and spirits market. With innovation and quality at the forefront of their mission, the company strives to provide technical solutions for today’s marketplace with reliable, high-quality, natural cork products coupled with best-in-class service.
For more information about Portocork or to arrange a visit to the state-of-the-art facility in Napa, please contact Portocork at 707.258.3930, visit www.portocork.com or send an email to info@portocork.com.
A Glimpse Inside Portocork's State-of-the-Art Napa Facility
Portocork America is located in the heart of wine country in Napa California (with satellite offices in the pacific northwest, Canada and Mexico). Portocork has been dedicated to the art and science of producing the highest quality natural cork since 1982.
Portocork is proud to be a founding member of the Cork Quality Council (CQC) which was established in 1993 with the goal of continuing to increase quality standards and awareness of the benefits of natural cork. In 1999 Portocork co-sponsored TCA research that was conducted jointly by the CQC and ETS Laboratories to establish a non-subjective cork testing methodology using GC/MS. Portocork continues as an active member of the CQC today.
Portocork in the Heart of Wine Country in Napa
Trefinos USA and Portocork Partnership
Offering technical corks utilizing Supercritical CO2 via its CWINE Brand
(NAPA, Calif.) – Portocork and Trefinos USA announce strategic partnership allowing Portocork representation of CWINE and COMPAC Technical cork stoppers in North America.
“Since establishing Trefinos USA with a permanent US presence in 2017, we’ve seen tremendous growth and acceptance from the market. We are very excited to be partnering with Portocork’s first class sales team to continue growing our CWINE and COMPAC line of technical corks. Their newly built, state of the art processing facility in Napa will allow us to continue to grow while maintaining our high level of quality and service.” Said Ron Angold, Trefinos Business Development Manager for North America.
“Trefinos has a proven history of innovation and quality when it comes to technical cork closures and their CWINE and COMPAC products are a testament to that. The combination of supercritical CO2 technology, three different permeability levels, and a product which is certified to have a minimum 75% natural cork results in a high-end technical closure that can be tailored to the winemakers needs. This is a great addition to our product portfolio and am looking forward to building on the already established success the Trefinos brand has already experienced in such a short period.” Said Dustin Mowe, President and CEO of Portocork.
Trefinos USA is a worldwide leader in the manufacturing of technical cork stoppers, offering supercritical CO2 for the eradication of TCA below detectable levels and over 150 other nondesirable aromatic compounds. Each cork has an individual guarantee and is offered in 3 different ranges of permeability, ensuring consistency from bottle to bottle.
Since 1982, Portocork has been the leading supplier of natural cork to the American wine, spirits and beer market. With innovation and quality at the forefront of our mission we strive to provide technical solutions to today’s market with reliable, high quality natural cork products coupled with best in class service.
For more information about please contact info@portocork.com or info@trefinosusa.com.
Laser Printing, Ink Printing and Fire Branding
ICON CERTIFIED utilizing NDTECH
Napa’s Portocork protects health, reputation of wine corks
Portocork America already controls the North American market for producing natural cork stoppers, but not all of them are being sold to vintners. A growing number are finding their way into beer and hard spirits bottles.
Read the full article in the Press Democrat including interview with Portocork President Dustin Mowe
Portocork introduces laser printing for natural cork stoppers!
This revolutionary technology has the capability to add traceability and identifiable numbering and/or text to each closure making every cork unique. There is no ink on the cork surface or drying time necessary.
The most complex images will turn out clean and perfectly detailed giving you the flexibility to add virtually any logo or artwork to cork. Additionally, the lighter shading areas of some images can now be reproduced without compromising the darker lines, keeping the visual effect of your artwork true to its original form. Dates, serial numbers and other codes are also available should you wish to personalize each cork for traceability or authenticity purposes. The best part, the laser printing process is completely safe for your wine and the environment!
For more information, please call us at (707)258-3930 or send an email to info@portocork.com to see samples of laser branded corks with your logo.
All about Quality at Portocork
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Portocork is the premier supplier of natural cork closures to the North American wine industry. For nearly a quarter-of-a-century, our company has produced a wide range of natural cork closures, ranging from high-end still and sparkling wine cork to 1+1 and Microagglomerated cork products designed for value wines.
Portocork is proud to be the first in our industry to screen every single United States-bound cork bale for 2,4,6-trichloroanisole (TCA) using gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC/MS). Since 2001, we have experienced an 80% reduction in TCA scores through the use of this technology.
Portocork was established in 1983 through a partnership between Portocork International and Fleming Packaging Group of Napa. The partnership continued until 1996 when Portocork International acquired 100% of Portocork America.
Portocork was a founding member of the Cork Quality Council (CQC) which was established in 1993 with the goal of continuing to increase quality standards and awareness of the benefits of natural cork. Portocork co-sponsored TCA research that was conducted jointly by the CQC and ETS Laboratories to establish a non-subjective cork testing methodology using GC/MS. Portocork continues as an active CQC member today.
Portocork International, located in Santa Maria de lamas, Portugal, is the world's most technologically-advanced producer of cork. Portocork has developed ultra-modern production facilities to process natural cork which is sourced only from company owned and leased natural forests that have existed in Portugal for decades. We control the cork from the time it is harvested until it arrives at your winery. This complementary combination of centuries-old natural practices and state-of-the-art production facilities, along with rigorous testing both in our ISO-9002 certified Portuguese facilities (with in-house GC/MS) and our California facility located in the Napa Valley, assures that our cork is the highest quality and most consistent cork year after year. Portocork America provides the world's finest cork.
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| Title | Name | Phone | Extension | |
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| Portocork | Sales and Service | info@portocork.com | 707-258-3930 |
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| Portocork America | 164 Gateway Rd East , Napa | CA | United States of America | 94558 |
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