WINE CORKS 1000 NEW NATURAL CORK #9 x 1.75" ACQUAMARK PORTUGAL 45mmx24mm AMORIM

Description: ~ 1000 NEW NATURAL WINE CORKS FROM PORTUGAL ~ Here's a lot of 1000 high quality 1.75" natural bark wine corks in the #9 size. These corks are Amorim's "ACQUAMARK"® brand, cut from cork bark in Portugal, Spain, and North Africa. These corks are sourced from BSG Handcraft (formerly Crosby & Baker) and are very fresh. We recommend them for wines that will require mid to long aging times. These premium quality corks are non-chamfered and are printed with a decorative grape leaf pattern. You will find minimal flaws with these high quality corks. These corks will not insert with any type of plastic corker you will need one of the metal types, either the Portugese wing corker or the bench / floor corkers we sell will work fine. Acquamark® is a whole, natural cork stopper designed to meet the needs of super-premium wines. Whole, natural corks are the most environmentally-friendly stoppers, and produce the top-quality seal needed to preserve fine wines through long aging. The Acquamark® cork goes beyond this normally high standard, applying a water-based coating of cork extract which binds to the stopper's surface, filling the lenticels and enhancing the sealing potential. BSG HandCraft recommends the Acquamark® for super-premium wines, wines that will be aged more than two years, or wherever the classic style of a whole, natural cork is desired. Portugal is the world’s top producer of cork and has the largest cork forest in the world. Corticeira Amorim has been a world leader in the cork industry for over 130 years, with operations in hundreds of countries all over the world, and is responsible for the management of 70 companies engaged in cork manufacture, research, development, promotion and sale of products and new solutions for the cork closure industry. About Cork Dimensions: Most bottles tolerate a range of cork dimensions and still produce an acceptable seal. Wider corks create a tighter seal, but may be difficult to insert with smaller handheld corkers. Micro-agglomerated corks compress less easily than whole, natural corks, and a smaller diameter agglomerated cork may have the same fit as a wider whole cork. Longer corks reduce the initial headspace in the bottle, and can also affect changes in ullage during long aging. These are 1/4" longer than many other corks. Why do wine makers use cork stoppers in their wine bottles? Well, the story goes that in the 1800's there was a Benedictine monk named Dom Perignon (the same monk who "invented" champagne) observed that wooden stoppers wrapped in oil-soaked rags used to seal his bottles of sparkling wine often popped out, and so he replaced them with the conical pieces of cork to seal his bottles of sparkling wine. Cork soon become essential for wine bottling. The world's first cork stopper factory opened in around 1750, in Anguine (Spain).The best cork comes from Portugal, and the country is the world's leading cork producer. The bark of mature cork trees is harvested just once every nine years. Cork trees are not regarded mature enough for bark harvesting until they are at least 25 years old, and the bark itself is not suitable for wine corks until the third harvest. A cork tree will yield 13 to 18 useful harvests in its lifetime. The processing of cork oak bark includes repeated sorting, boiling, punching, slicing, polishing, washing, drying, finishing and wax coating, and takes about a year... But you don't have to wait, order today! ITEM CONDITION: Brand new first quality merchandise. Shipping & Handling Payment & Risk Management We Ship Daily. Items ship ZERO DAY, within 24 hours of payment in most cases. This item goes out First Class Mail or Priority Mail and you will have it in 2-5 days. 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Price: 249.95 USD

Location: Carbondale, Illinois

End Time: 2024-08-17T18:57:59.000Z

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