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 ...
A person sees many countries on a European tour—and I don’t necessarily mean those divided by political boundaries and languages. I mean truffle country, sweet wine country, bear country, bike country ...
Will cork survive the threat from plastic stoppers in wine bottles? It's a question that preoccupies Antonio Jose Boneco as he strips bark from cork trees in southern Portugal, just as he has done ...