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2. 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

3. Cork (material) - Wikipedia

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   Wine corks can be made of either a single piece of cork, or composed of particles, as in champagne corks; corks made of granular particles are called "agglomerated corks". [23] Natural cork closures are used for about 80% of the 20 billion bottles of wine produced each year. After a decline in use as wine-stoppers due to the increase in the use ...

4. Stopper (plug) - Wikipedia

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   Stoppers used for wine bottles are referred to as "corks", even when made from another material. [citation needed] A common every-day example of a stopper is the cork of a wine bottle. When used to seal the bungholes of barrels, the stopper is called a bung.

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

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   Bottle corks are the most familiar use of the Quercus Suber oak tree's bark, but far from the only application. ... that aims to help restaurants and hotels recycle the cork stoppers from bottles ...

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. 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 ...