Opening a bottle of wine is full of anticipation: Once you extract the cork from the bottle, you might pour a small taste of the wine to make sure it's not faulty before pouring for yourself and your ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Casual drinkers look to this time of year as a celebration – holidays, family gatherings, New Year’s Eve. Buy a bottle or two of sparkling wine, pop the cork and toast. Not so fast.

Half-empty wine bottles with corks and stoppers - Susan B Sheldon/Shutterstock We've all experienced the frustration of trying to reseal an open bottle of wine. Perhaps the cork won't fit back in, you ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It's easy to screw up with a corkscrew -- and we've all fallen victim to a broken cork. Perhaps you were waiting to enjoy an expensive old ...

A few years back we were commiserating with a winemaker about the heartbreak of aging an expensive bottle for 10 years only to discover it ruined by a tainted cork. He sympathized and sighed, “It’s ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Don’t judge a wine by its cover. In a survey of the chemistry and flavor of pinot noir and chardonnay, consumers couldn’t discern wines capped with natural corks from screw caps, ...

A midtown Sacramento business said it is seeing success using a sustainability business model. The Acheson Wine Company on 19th and Q streets ditched the traditional cork-in-bottles method and instead ...

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This video is no longer available. Where can you find 300,000 wine corks formed into larger-than-life Christmas sculptures in Virginia? In today’s episode of “Matt About Town,” WTOP’s Matt Kaufax took ...

NEWBERG, Ore. — A local winery is leading the pack when it comes to recycling cork in Oregon. Appassionata Estate has teamed up with an East Coast recycling company to help breathe new life into the ...

Sidestep crumbled corks and hand strain with these quality picks Written By Written by Contributor, Buy Side Hannah Selinger is a contributor to Buy Side and expert on food, travel and real estate.