Death of the Cork
Odd little website dedicated to the
Wine Cork and it's demise (pictures of the funeral are available for viewing).
This actually makes a lot of sense since good corks are expensive and cheap corks leave the wine susceptible to all sorts of contamination if the bottle is not stored properly.
A good cork can cost as much as $1.00, cheap corks are still in the 30-40 cent range and when you consider that the bottle costs about a 70 cents to a buck (including label), this adds up... The cost to manufacture the wine is actually cheaper to the vineyard than the cost of the bottle and cork.
Posted by DaveH at January 21, 2004 12:58 PM