We've all been there. You go to open up a bottle of whiskey and the cork crumbles, leaving unwanted bits in your drink. Fear ...

A bottle of wine can go bad, even before it has been opened. When you do pop it open, here's exactly what to sniff around for to tell if a wine is corked.

Natural corks also, on occasion, can contain a fungus called trichloroanisole – known as TCA. How many bottles this affects is a debate in the wine community, but some say it affects as many as ...

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Wines age more safely. 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.

Both rest atop the bottle, and to remove the cork you simply twist the handle attached to the worm on top. The screw then worms its way into the cork, simultaneously pulling it out as it twists in.

Have you ever considered the astonishing variety of bottle corks that are out there? Most people haven’t really given it much thought. A throwaway cork is just too mundane. But Jason Hedges has.

To stop the rot, Portugal’s cork industry has been seeking alternative uses beyond bottle stoppers. Lightweight, pliable and a natural insulator, cork is now being used in applications that range from ...

ROME – Eye injuries from bottle corks are considered unusual and their frequency is often underestimated, but they can be the cause of disabling functional ocular sequelae, according to one ...