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2. The secrets of cork: So much more than a bottle stopper - AOL

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   Amorim is also part of a recycling initiative, aptly named The Cork Collective, that aims to help restaurants and hotels recycle the cork stoppers from bottles they open, to give the precious ...

3. Wine cork - Wikipedia

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   A French wine cork. A wine corks is a stopper used to seal a wine bottle.They are typically made from cork (bark of the cork oak), though synthetic materials can be used.. Common alternative wine closures include screw caps and glass stoppers. 68 percent of all cork is produced for wine bottle st

4. Alternative wine closure - Wikipedia

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   Synthetic corks are made from plastic compounds designed to look and "pop" like natural cork, but without the risk of TCA contamination. Disadvantages of synthetic corks include a risk of harmful air entering a bottle after as little as 18 months, difficulty in extracting them from the bottle, and difficulty in using the cork to reseal the wine ...

5. Wine accessory - Wikipedia

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   A Champagne sword. Wine bottle openers are required to open wine bottles that are stoppered with a cork.They are slowly being supplanted by the screwcap closure. There are many different inceptions of the wine bottle opener ranging from the simple corkscrew, the screwpull lever, to complicated carbon dioxide driven openers.

6. Why wine bottles are sealed with cork -- and why that ... - AOL

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   While many bulk wines use screw caps -- which is likely where the stigma originated -- a screw cap is by no means and indicator of the quality of your wine.

7. Closure (wine bottle) - Wikipedia

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   Synthetic corks for bottles A bottle of wine with an "easy open, easy recork" closure. Closure is a term used in the wine industry to refer to a stopper, the object used to seal a bottle and avoid harmful contact between the wine and oxygen. [1] They include: [2] Traditional natural cork closures ('corks');