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 ...

If you have wine corks leftover after celebrating with friends and family, don’t throw them in the trash. Most natural wine corks are fully compostable, but synthetic corks can also be repurposed and ...

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 ...

Every spring, skilled harvesters strip cork oak bark by hand across Portugal—a centuries-old tradition that's also one of the ...

Even the most superb wine won’t last without its cork, but the quality of this renewable oaken resource has nose-dived in recent years. A new genetic study of trees that produce high- and low-quality ...

Outside the door to one of the wine shops in our neighbourhood is a small inconspicuous box. Here you can put your cork stoppers for recycling. We do it. And many French people also, because France is ...