They're easy to open. No fiddling with a church key (or corkscrew). And no broken cork bits accidentally floating in your wine. By unscrewing, "we get to the wine 10 seconds faster," jokes McIntyre.

But don't despair: There are some clever tricks to remove a cork without a corkscrew that are relatively easy and inexpensive. In fact, some of the best alternatives are simple household tools ...

Cork finishes on fabrics are just the surface of their tech. Cork-A-Tex creates a yarn, which is a signature for the textile manufacturer, composed of cotton fibers, sustainable textile materials ...

Cork taint is caused by “TCA” (or 2,4,6-trichloroanisole), a product of bacterial growth that occurs in the living bark of Quercus suber and which may be transferred to the wine if a cork is ...

Taylor Martin/CNET For starters, you need a wine bottle with a cork inside -- not in the neck, where it's supposed to be, but floating atop the wine. This might happen when a cork breaks or if ...

We tested eight top-rated wine openers in three different styles — traditional waiter’s corkscrews, labor-saving lever styles and rechargeable electric models — to find the best one for your ...

A serene retreat near the University College Cork campus, Hayfield Manor is a five-star property with an old-world aesthetic, walled gardens, antique details, and afternoon tea. Rooms from 209 euros.

Cork dust burning in furnace/ Lloyd Alter/ CC BY 2.0 The dust and the waste is all sent to the boiler, which makes the steam required for the process, so it is all running on biomass.

It was only about two decades ago that one wine bottle closure — the natural cork — was the choice for wine producers and consumers. We know by now why that became a problem, but in case you ...

Cork is mainly composed of suberin and lignin, with each respectively representing 43% and 22% of the cork’s dry mass, and both polymers are highly hydrophobic, according to a study on cork quality.