Lisbon, Portugal — The sound of a cork popping out of the end of a bottle is known across the world. It often precedes moments of celebration, a shared meal or simply the quiet enjoyment of a glass of ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Which is the better stopper for wine bottles, cork or screwcap? The fierce debate on this topic that raged in ...

Corks and screw caps have similar functions: to keep wine from going bad. But choosing one or the other can be divisive. Many argue that corks are the key to excellent aging. Others say that twist-top ...

"It’s a product that answers all the challenges we have as a society." One of the planet's most natural defenses against climate change and a key element in sustainable products is found in wine ...

Prized for the lightweight, elastic bark, cork oaks can also store large amounts of carbon during their long lifetimes. Now there are moves to find new uses for this material. Standing under the ...

A person sees many countries on a European tour—and I don’t necessarily mean those divided by political boundaries and languages. I mean truffle country, sweet wine country, bear country, bike country ...

Outside the door to one of the wine shops in our neighbourhood is a small inconspicuous box. Here you can put your cork stoppers for recycling. We do it. And many French people also, because France is ...

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Gross and Pitts opened the original Cork Wine Bar on 14th Street in 2008 and moved it to its current location in 2017. They ...

The second largest natural harbor in the world, Cork Harbour in the southwest of Ireland helped shape Irish and world history today. Cork Harbour, on the south coast of Ireland, is the second largest ...