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Wine Corks
When to Replace Corks
The life of your wine may outlast the life of your corks. The wine aging process depends upon when the corks should be replaced. For example, good quality corks should be used if you plan on aging wine for years or even decades. Replacing the cork can be intimidating but it is an easy task. It is simple as removing the foil from the top of he bottle and carefully removing the old cork. Having a hand corker in your cellar can become useful, if you plan to age wines more than 20 years or more. Hand corkers can be purchased at any local wine shop.
Recorking Process
Unless you are ready to replace the old cork, do not purchase new ones until you are prepared to complete the recorking process. When you are ready to recork, make sure you get the most expensive type of corks you can find. Look for are ones that have very few dark brown holes and ones that are long. When you are ready to replace your cork, make sure that you do not upset the wine. Do not shake the bottle or expose it air for a long period of time. First you want to boil the new corks in hot water on the stove before replacing. Let them cool. Then, put the hand corker on top of the wine bottle, place the cork in it and close the handles. Lastly, push down to put the cork in the neck.
The Importance of Corks
Have you ever opened up a bottle of wine and noticed that the cork had a musty smell? That musty smell not only leads to a disappointed consumer but also an infected cork. When a cork smells musty or stale, this means that the cork has rotted and is contaminated from rapidly growing organisms. A lot of daily wine drinkers prefer the cork over a screw cap closure. Most of us associate “corks” with the quality of the wine that we are drinking. We would assume that if we purchased a bottle of wine with a cap that twists off, we are not getting the same end product. More wineries today are using the screw cap closure because of too many tainted corks. You will also be seeing a lot of wine bottles that use plastic corks.
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