The cork world

In the minds of most of us, when we think of a bottle of wine, we imagine it with a natural cork.

For several years, more and more wines have eliminated their natural corks and have substituted them with silicone or screwcorks.

In the following image, we can see different wine corks:

Source: https://carnivino.wordpress.com/2012/07/12/destapemos-el-vino/

The first, screwcork, it is the most modern and current. Typically used for young wines, usually white wines. Little known in Spain, but widely used in countries like Austria.

Second, the classic natural cork, it is very well-known and used in wines that spend time in oak. Allows the entry of oxygen and thus the wine continues its evolution once bottled.

The third, synthetic cork. More used and known than the screwcork, it is often used for young wines that will not have aged in oak. This type of corks do not let oxygen enter in the bottle, thus the wine does not keep its evolution.

Finally, we have  corks for sparkling wines or champagnes.

In the picture below, we observe the diferents types of cork: natural, Aglomerado, I + I and Colmatado.

Source:http://desentidos-desentidos.blogspot.com.es/2013/04/tipos-de-corchos.html

The use of one cork or another, depends on the type of wine that we  will create.

Soraya Meinema