Ever seen where corks for wine bottles come from? Neither had plenty of attendees at a Cal Poly event Tuesday, until a team from Portugal hacked off a slab of cork from a tree at the San Luis Obispo ...

The cork wine stopper is synonymous with preservation – not only of the wine in the bottle, but of a way of life for cork farmers and the natural ecosystem of the forest. The process has been the same ...

I have to admit that, in this technologically advanced society, sealing wine with a hunk of wood does seem a bit archaic. But the cork is an amazing thing. Cork comes from the cork tree that is native ...

A few years back we were commiserating with a winemaker about the heartbreak of aging an expensive bottle for 10 years only to discover it ruined by a tainted cork. He sympathized and sighed, “It’s ...

When you drink wine, everyday is basically Christmas. That liquid magic is one of the greatest gifts you can enjoy year-round, but it can also be incorporated in the actual Christmas holiday if you're ...

Screw tops and corks aren’t a quality shortcut. They control oxygen, consistency, and aging style, which can change how wine ...

Natural wine corks are compostable after removing any metal foil and other materials. To speed up the decomposition process, the corks should be chopped up. Corks are brown composting material; add ...

RIO FRIO, Portugal (AP) — U.S. winemakers have something to celebrate: the corks they’re popping aren’t subject to tariffs. The cork carve-out was vital for Portugal. The European country is the world ...

"I love the romance of it." That's the rationale I hear most often, when consumers talk about pulling the cork from a bottle of wine. It's part history, part ritual, part resistance to synthetic ...

Before we tip a glass or two for this conversation, I want to disclose that I am not a sommelier by any stretch of the imagination. However, in a past career as a sales associate, I needed to learn ...