We love to smell things, those of us who land on the wine and food spectrum somewhere between “Interested In” and “Obsessed With.” Smelling is a huge part of our pastime. Just about everybody gives ...

Most ofus toss the cork in the trash after we finish a bottle of wine. After all, who needs it? But it turns out these bottle stoppers can be put to good use later on! From sealing snack bags to ...

Natural wine corks are compostable after removing any metal foil and other materials. To speed up the decomposition process, the corks should be chopped up. Corks are brown composting material; add ...

On a spotless concrete floor, seven huge molding machines sit in a row, pressing out little nubs into pallet-sized cardboard boxes. Each box contains some 50,000 of these synthetic doodads, just wide ...

Wine corks do more than seal bottles - they change consumer perception of the wine iteself. The holiday season is in full swing, and so are holiday get-togethers. What’s the go-to hostess gift? Or the ...

Wine corks are an imperfect, oftentimes frustrating, but necessary step of dealing with a good bottle of wine. By a "good ...

Corks and screw caps have similar functions: to keep wine from going bad. But choosing one or the other can be divisive. Many argue that corks are the key to excellent aging. Others say that twist-top ...

No one is completely sure who first came up with the idea for cork wine stoppers, though legend holds that it was the 17th-century monk Dom Pérignon. Perhaps he does deserve the credit; perhaps some ...

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 ...

There's nothing worse than sitting down to enjoy a relaxing glass of your favourite vino, only to have the cork break or crumble in the bottle, creating devastating scenes as you try to rescue the ...

Use these simple tips to turn wine corks into compost successfully. Natural wine corks are compostable after removing any metal foil and other materials. To speed up the decomposition process, the ...