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 ...

On Tuesday, Cal Poly students participated in an event that hasn’t occurred in over 30 years – harvesting the university’s cork oak trees. Cork Supply from Benecia, California was at Cal Poly to offer ...

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 ...

RIO FRIO, Portugal (AP) — U.S. winemakers have something to celebrate: the corks they’re popping aren’t subject to tariffs. Cork comes from the spongy bark of the cork oak tree, which is primarily ...