On May 30, 2024, under the shade of the UC Davis Arboretum’s 80-plus-year-old cork oak grove, a rarely seen exhibition of cork harvesting took place. This traditional practice, unfamiliar to most ...

Why are wine bottles tall and narrow? That distinctive shape contributes to the happy marriage between cork and a bottle made tall enough to lie on its side so the wine can “breathe” through the cork ...

U.S. winemakers have something to celebrate: the corks they’re popping aren’t subject to tariffs. Cork comes from the spongy ...

KCRA 3’S JASON MARKS SHOWS US HOW. THINGS ARE ALWAYS MOVING INSIDE THIS FACILITY IN BENICIA. LIKE WILLY WONKA’S FACTORY, THERE’S NO CANDY HERE BEING MADE, BUT FOR ADULTS, IT’S SOMETHING JUST AS SWEET.

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 ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Cork grows as a thick protective layer of outer bark, much thicker in ...

APF Certifica Group Scheme, a group of forest producers committed to responsible forest management joined GFTN-Iberia, formalizing their pledge to responsibly manage Portugal’s cork oak forests. This ...

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 ...

Why are wine bottles tall and narrow? That distinctive shape contributes to the happy marriage between cork and a bottle made tall enough to lie on its side so the wine can “breathe” through the cork ...