be necessary or if on a picnic. According to several independent surveys, wine consumers buy wine sealed with natural cork over any other closures. Another survey of the wine trade, suggested that most consumers think that...

’s Premier Cru offerings. Price unknown; currently sells online for $125-225. 13% alcohol. Natural cork. Importer: Vineyard Brands, Birmingham, AL. Gevrey-Chembertin Premier Cru “Aux Combottes” Vieilles Vignes, Jacky...

Screwpull (table model) works really well for natural cork, and lasts a long time. The “travel model” can fall apart after a couple of years. (I expect things to last forever.) However, the Screwpull does NOT work well...

Altec is a brand of agglomerated stopper made from pieces of natural cork glued together. The result seems to be that cork taint is now distributed evenly among all of the stoppers. In my experience, every bottle I have tried...

This is a very nice-looking half-size, clear, that lets the liqueur shows through: http://www.beer-wine.com/product.asp?sectionID=2&CategoryID=82&productID=78 Don’t forget corks! The “T-Tops” are great for gifts,...

Not that it’s overly technical, but all my websearching could yield was that there is an enzyme in the cork that tenderizes octopus. Another argument for continuing to seal wine with natural cork.

slowing the oxidation of the beer. Alcohols in the beer can draw out moldy or cork flavors if exposed to a cork too long. Natural cork is known to harbor TCA which can ruin your beer. Many breweries recommend storing beers...

(about 7-9% of bottles have this problem) or it could be damaged in some other way (heat, etc). So you smell and taste to make sure that it is not damaged. I do send back about 7% of bottles closed with natural corks that I order...

and has a more elegant finish but is 1/2 the price of the low end Turleys (about $55). The bottle we got was a little corky,but I was willing to go with it. Upon tasting it, the waiter declared it "corked", though the wine was...

+1 for the Pulltaps double-hinged deal. I can cut foil and open almost any natural-cork-finished bottle as fast as someone with a rabbit-type device with my trusty Pulltaps... and it opens beer and has a knife on it...

I have many old Sabatiers of the same vintage. The best way to clean them is with some scouring powder (Comet, e.g.) and an old wine cork. Use just a little water and make the cleanser into a paste, then rub with the cork. If you...

I bought a little cardboard pot of French sea salt that has a rigid-plastic-lined cork lid. The container and salt have a yucky mildew-y smell. Is there anyway to fix this? (I have purchased and happily used this brand both in...

Is not the stelvin closure thought to be technologically superior to natural or even synthetic corks in that it permits a lower amount of oxygen to pass and therefore offers better proection against oxidation of the wine?...

't need to taste it." I explain that we should still taste it to make sure it’s okay. He says, “well, if it's not okay, we better call our distributor.” I explain that every now and then a bottle goes bad and...

was Grape and Granary, or something like that). Added in left over red (never white) wine to container; no mother. It got about two gallons full, and two months into project, and mother began to appear, from natural yeasts in the...