Wine Corks – Reuse Make Money

I love my wine, and I love the screw off lids. It is so much easier to get that bottle open, no need to hassle with the corks and corkscrews and best if all, I don’t feel like I’m wasting a cork. I do save corks and have made a bullentin board, gave some to a friend who made Holiday wreaths for gifts. Some of these crafts are so easy to make, and some companies like Wine Enthusiast even sell them online. If they can do it, why can’t you?  Not only can you make and sell, it can be a great gift, that can cost you almost nothing!

I Just Gotta Tell Ya

• Worldwide, over 13 billion natural cork wine stoppers are sold each year. Natural cork, a biodegradable and sustainable resource, can be recycled in products such as:Flooring tile, Building insulation, Shoe soles, Fishing rod handles, Bulletin boards. Soil conditioners
• Almost 60% of the worlds production of cork is used in wine production
• The First Winery to use FSC Certified wine corks is Willamette Valley Vineyards

What can you do?

• Use as pin holders, especially in sewing, fish hooks
• Bobber for fishing
• Protect your sharp knives
• Cut up/grind and mix in with your plants
• You can carve one end to make your own stamps.
• Use as a bottle sealer
• Stick Earrings into
• You can make curtains for summer doors ( you know those ones that keep the flys out but allow you walk through
• Make little table decorations with them or as placecards at the dinner table
• Wine Cork USB Drive

 

Cork Crafts: Reuse and Make Money

Crafters Love Crafts

Chica and Joe- make a wine cork basket!

Cork Jewelry by Planet Green

Wine Cork Craft Projects-

The Garden Web– Trash to Treasure

Love My Earth-

Ri-creazion- I think this is in Italian, but the pics are great!

Where to Recycle

• ReCORK America recently announced a partnership with Whole Foods to run a pilot wine cork recycling program in 25 Whole Foods locations in northern California and Reno. The program will run for six months, with collection boxes located in the wine section of each store. Known as ReCORK America, the program is focused on obtaining used and surplus corks from winery tasting rooms, bottling lines and quality assurance laboratories. In addition, collection locations are being established with key retailers and restaurants in larger metropolitan areas. A list of current collection locations is available on this Web site. It should be emphasized that only natural cork is being accepted. No plastic or metal closures please.
• Yemm & Hart – send in your used wine corks, and it’ll recycle them for you. Wine Cork Recycling
  Yemm & Hart Ltd 425 North Chamber Dr Fredericktown  MO  63645. Yemm and Hart has started production of Cork Tiles for resell.
• Terracycle– TerraCycle Cork Brigade 121 New York Ave. Trenton, NJ 08638. TerraCycle is saving millions of corks from going into landfills. They are recruiting wine enthusiasts, restaurants, bars, tasting rooms and wineries to keep used corks out of the waste stream. As an eco-friendly innovator, TerraCycle upcycles used corks – both natural and synthetic – into cool products are available nationally at major retailers.

“The following restaurants, resorts, organizations, wine retailers, and wineries are collecting used cork from their own day-to-day business operations.We are grateful for their interest in our recycling program and ask that you support their businesses.” (From ReCork America)

BENICIA:

• First Street Cafe www.firststreetcafe.com

CALISTOGA:

• First Street Cafe www.firststreetcafe.com

CORTE MADERA:

• Cheesecake Factory www.thecheesecakefactory.com

• Il Fornaio\Restaurant  www.ilfornaio.com

• Izzy’s Steaks & Chops  www.izzysmarin.com

LARKSPUR:

• Cafe Z Epicerie  www.cafez.com

• Lark Creek Inn  www.larkcreek.com

• Left Bank  www.leftbank.com

• Noonan’s www.noonansbarandgrill.com

• Picco Restaurant  www.restaurantpicco.com

• Pizzeria Picco www.pizzeriapicco.com

• Yankee Pier  www.yankeepier.com

• Ristorante Fabrizio

MILL VALLEY:

• Buckeye Roadhouse www.buckeyeroadhouse.com

• Bungalow www.bungalow44.com

• D’Angelo Restaurant  www.piazzadangelo.com

• El Paseo Restaurant www.elpaseorestaurant.com

• La Ginestra
• Piatti Restaurant Co  www.piatti.com
• Pizza Antica  www.pizzaantica.com
• Pasta Pomodoro www.pastapomodoro.com
• Small Shed Flatbreads www.smallshed.com
• Vasco

MONTEREY:

• Passionfish www.passionfish.net

NAPA:

• Celadon www.celadonrestaurant.com
• Elements Restaurant & Enoteca www.elementsnapa.com

ST. HELENA:

• Greystone Restaurant at the Culinary Institute of America www.ciachef.edu/restaurants/wsgr

SAN ANSELMO/ROSS:

• Ava Restaurant  www.avamarin.com
• Comforts www.comfortscafe.com
• Cucina Jackson Fillmore www.cucinarestaurantandwinebar.com
• Fork Restaurant  www.marinfork.com
• Insalata’s Restaurant/Catering  www.insalatas.com
• Marche Aux Fleurs  www.marcheauxfleursrestaurant.com

SAN FRANCISCO:

• Absinthe Brassirie and Bar www.absinthe.com
• Asque
• Baker Street Bistro
• Bar Jules www.barjules.com
• Breezy’s www.breezysf.com
• Bubble Lounge www.bubblelounge.com
• Café Akelarre
• Caffe Delle Stelle
• Café Royalewww.caferoyale-sf.com
• Café Chapeau
• The Crepe House www.thecrepehouse.com
• Essencia www.essenciarestaurant.com
• Flipper’s Gourmet Hamburgers
• Foreign Cinema Restaurant www.foreigncinema.com
• Hayes and Kebab
• Hayes Street Grill
• Marlena’s Overpass
• Metro
• Modern Tea www.moderntea.com
• Salt House www.salthousesf.com
• Stacks’ www.stacksrestaurant.com
• Stelline
• Tartine Bakery www.tartinebakery.com
• Thepin Thai Cuisine

SAN RAFAEL:

• Café Arrivederci  www.cafearrivedercirestaurant.com
• Cinecitta

• Il Davide Restaurant www.ildavide.net

• Maria Manso  www.mariamanso.com

• Mezzo Mezzo www.ristorantemezzomezzo.com

• Panama Hotel  www.panamahotel.com

• Rafters www.raftersgrille.com

• Sabor of Spain  www.saborofspain.com

• Seafood Peddler of San Rafael  www.seafoodpeddler.com

• Vin Antico www.vinantico.com

TIBURON:

• Guaymas Restaurant www.guaymasrestaurant.com

• Caprice Restaurant  www.thecapice.com

• Sam’s Anchor Cafe  www.samscafe.com

• Servino Ristorante  www.bestservino.com

• Milano Restaurant
• Rooney’s Cafe & Grill

RESORTS – California

• Auberge du Soleil www.aubergedusoleil.com

• Calistoga Ranch www.calistogaranch.com

• Solage Calistoga www.solagecalistoga.com

• Villagio Inn & Spa www.villagio.com

ORGANIZATIONS – California

• 58 Degrees & Holding Co.
• Central Coast Vineyard Team
• Chinese American School
• Crush Pad Wine
• Culinary Institute of America at Greystone – Napa Valley

• Copia: American Center for Wine Food & the Arts

• Davis Food Co-op
• Dolphin Club
• EcoMoms
• French-American International School

• Lark Creek Restaurant Group
• Larkspur Middle & Primary School
• Napa Valley Vintners
• Nature Friends
• Planet Improvement Center
• Presidio Social Club
• Real Green Goods
• San Francisco Department of the Environment

ORGANIZATIONS – Georgia:

• GreenLifeSpace.com

WINE RETAILERS – California:

• Arlequin Wine Merchant
• Boney’s Bayside Market
• Divino Wine Broker
• Kermit-Lynch Wine Merchant
• Made in France
• San Francisco Wine Exchange
• San Francisco Wine Merchants

WINE RETAILERS – New Jersey:

• Gary’s Wine & Marketplace

WINE RETAILERS – Oregon:

• Blackard Wine Shop

WINERIES – California:

• Asti Winery
• Ballentine Vineyards
• Beringer Winery
• Bogel Winery
• Bouchaine Vineyards
• Cakebread Cellars
• Chateau Montelena
• Clif Bar Family Winery
• Cuvaison Winery
• Chateau St. Jean Winery
• Chateau Souverain
• Diageo Chateau & Estate Wines
• Domaine Chandon
• Duckhorn Vineyards
• Etude Winery
• Flora Springs Winery
• Folio Wine Partners
• Fosters Wine Estates
• Goldeneye Winery
• Honig Winery
• Hop Kiln Winery
• Joseph Phelps Vineyard
• Kendall-Jackson
• Madrona Vineyards
• Meridian Vineyards
• Niebaum-Coppola Winery
• Paraduxx Vineyards
• Plump Jack Winery
• Quintessa Winery
• Roederer Estate
• The Ross Valley Winery
• Rubicon Estate
• St. Clement Winery
• Stags Leap Winery
• Sutter Home Vineyards
• Wild Horse Winery
• ZD Wines

WINERIES – Oregon:

• Airlie Winery
• Amity Vineyards
• Cameron Winery
• Cooper Mountain Vineyards
• Cristom Wines
• Edgefield Wines
• King Estate Winery
• Natalie’s Estate Winery
• Rex Hill Vineyards
• Roots Estate Winery
• Silvan Ridge/ Hinman Vineyards

WINERIES – Washington:

• Bookwalter Winery