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Published on Friday, 05 December 2008 15:09 | | 
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Good news for those of us who have already begun preparing for the festive season – uncorking a bottle of wine revives the spirits while protecting some of the world’s rarest forests.
Ancient trees that provide 15 billion corks a year and are home to some of the world’s rarest creatures including black storks and the Iberian lynx, could soon be destroyed by a single enemy – the metal screw-top cap. Sometimes the simplest choices we make in our everyday lives can have a huge impact on the natural world.
And be honest, how can a scrawny screw-top cap ever match the soft pop of real cork?