Cork, the humble material used for centuries to seal bottles, is a unique product not only for the way it's grown, but also for the plethora of inventive uses people have found for it — which go far ...

In an article for Drinks Business, Patrick Schmitt points out that the material used to stopper a wine bottle affects the wine’s taste, its carbon footprint and the cost to operate a winery. In the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Even wine professionals disagree to some extent over the necessity of the "sniff" in the tasting ritual, so it's no wonder that ...

While browsing for wines, your instinct may be to reach for the bottles that require a corkscrew rather than those with a screw cap. But which is actually better: bottles under cork, or bottles under ...

This week people around the world will be celebrating the New Year. For many, that means opening bottles of champagne or sparkling wine to celebrate with family and friends. The inappropriate or ...

Cork is bursting from its low-profile haunts — the slim necks of wine and champagne bottles, the tack-riddled walls of elementary schools — to reclaim some significant space underfoot. Cork floors, ...

If you find yourself at a dinner party with wine but without a corkscrew, you can use this quick hack to get the cork out of the bottle with nothing more than cable ties. Taylor Martin CNET ...

Do you hate the tools yet love the tradition of pulling corks from wine bottles? Ready to say goodbye to corkscrews, foil cutters, broken and crumbly corks, chipped bottle lips and linen-staining ...

There's an old camping trick, for people who don't want to bother getting a lantern: just stick a flashlight up against the bottom of a plastic pop bottle, turn the flashlight on, then bask in the ...

Duarte Pita Dias is based in CBS News' London bureau, where he works across digital platforms and for TV broadcasts. Lisbon, Portugal — The sound of a cork popping out of the end of a bottle is known ...