W ine corks are an imperfect, oftentimes frustrating, but necessary step of dealing with a good bottle of wine. By a "good bottle of wine," we mean everything from those $10 Aldi wines to the ...

If you don't order wine off the menu, expect to pay a surcharge, usually $5 or more, for the privilege of having that special bottle at the restaurant. Corked means the wine has gone bad due to a ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Casual drinkers look to this time of year as a celebration – holidays, family gatherings, New Year’s Eve. Buy a bottle or two of sparkling wine, pop the cork and toast.

Think about what happens after a cork is yanked out of a bottle of wine. Turns out corks can be turned into other products, including flooring and wall coverings. But it takes a lot of corks to cre… ...

Corks do not breathe, but they may shrink and let wine out (bottles stored on side). Good vineyards will re-cork cellared wine every 20 to 25 years , or when corks start failing.

Learn how to tell if your wine has been impacted by any number of wine flaws, like cork taint, oxidation, light damage, or other kinds of contamination ...

Capsules – the protective sleeves over the cork and neck of a wine bottle – could now be on the way out Credit: Waitrose Victoria Moore Wine correspondent 22 April 2023 12:00pm BST ...