The topic for my Master of Wine thesis originated several years earlier, starting with an anecdote shared by a winemaker: ...

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 ...

With the number of damaged bottles on the market ranging from 5% to 10% in the last decade, corked wines have long been a serious issue for the wine industry. APCOR, the Portuguese Cork Association, ...

While considered by most an unwinnable quest, the battle against cork taint has been waged aggressively for the last several decades. For António Rios de Amorim it was a surmountable challenge.

When George Taber was working on “Judgment of Paris,” his book on the 1976 Paris tasting, he traveled to many wine producing areas around the world to determine the global impact of the event. But ...

While there is nothing more sublime than opening a highly anticipated bottle of wine and enjoying the liquid treasure within, there are few things more disappointing than finding out that a bottle you ...

Who doesn't love that silky feeling of pulling a cork from the neck of a bottle? But what if I told you that just under that cork, an evil supervillain was lurking, threatening to sabotage the bottle ...

Imagine settling in for a long-anticipated dinner, uncorking a treasured bottle of wine to enjoy alongside it, and excitedly pouring a glass, only to be greeted by an aroma reminiscent of wet ...

Amorim Cork America in Napa launched Naturity and Xpür technologies designed to remove detectable 2,4,6-trichloroanisole, a mold compound commonly known as TCA and a chief culprit for “cork taint.” ...

In France, one firm has been developing a process that looks to tackle the issue of tainted wine with a process that uses carbon dioxide. By-products of the process can also be recycled and reused in ...