Why are wine bottles tall and narrow? That distinctive shape contributes to the happy marriage between cork and a bottle made tall enough to lie on its side so the wine can “breathe” through the cork ...

Ever seen where corks for wine bottles come from? Neither had plenty of attendees at a Cal Poly event Tuesday, until a team from Portugal hacked off a slab of cork from a tree at the San Luis Obispo ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Cork grows as a thick protective layer of outer bark, much thicker in ...

Ever seen where corks for wine bottles come from? Neither had plenty of attendees at a Cal Poly event Tuesday, until a team from Portugal hacked off a slab of cork from a tree at the San Luis Obispo ...

Cork is obtained from the bark of the cork oak, a slow-growing tree in the Mediterranean region that lives an average of 200 years. The valuable property of the cork oak is that it regenerates itself.

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Mr. Pramuk, I am writing today to ask your advice about a 10-year-old oak tree in my front yard that is ailing. I have been told that it is a cork oak. I think it has sudden oak death. It has black ...

Did you ever wonder where that “cork” on your corkboard that holds your notes or the cork stopper in your wine bottle or those fancy cork shoes come from? It’s all a natural organic product from ...

The blooming of jacarandas often signals the start of pre-summer, the most hopeful time of year. Vacation mode nears when their blue-ish purple flowers holler “party!” B. Ramón Alvarado, ...

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 ...

KCRA 3’S JASON MARKS SHOWS US HOW. THINGS ARE ALWAYS MOVING INSIDE THIS FACILITY IN BENICIA. LIKE WILLY WONKA’S FACTORY, THERE’S NO CANDY HERE BEING MADE, BUT FOR ADULTS, IT’S SOMETHING JUST AS SWEET.