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 ...

Cork, the humble material used for centuries to seal bottles, is a unique product not only for the way it's grown, but also for the plethora of inventive uses people have found for it — which go far ...

CORUCHE, Portugal – The rhythmic noise of axes whacking trees echoes in the depths of the cork oak forest. But in Coruche, a rural area south of the Tagus River known as Portugal’s “cork capital,” the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Cork has been part of winemaking history for centuries, but today it is helping to shape a more sustainable future. At the heart of this transformation is Corticeira Amorim, the world’s largest ...