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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...