If you love wine, you probably have wine corks around the house. Don't trash them because there are ways you can reuse those ...

Turns out, the wine world is full of MacGyvers. Crafty imbibers employ everything from bike pumps to shoes to extract pesky corks. And while it isn’t as easy as opening a beer without a bottle ...

These three easy tricks use common household items to open a bottle of wine. Let it be known that I’m a big believer in using a traditional wine key corkscrew to open a bottle of wine, mostly because ...

Once any bottle of wine stays open beyond the few hours it takes to breathe and decant, its quality begins to deteriorate.

You should be able to tell if your wine has gone bad by smelling it. An odour of vinegar or a medicinal quality is an indicator, however, it can also smell sweet depending on what it interacted with.

Once it is firmly stoppered in a bottle, wine should be protected from its greatest enemy, the oxygen in the air. If, however, the cork dries out and eventually shrinks so that it no longer acts as an ...

Storing it the wrong way can ruin a bottle, and after opening, things get even crazier. Once that cork gets pulled, the countdown is on till that bottle of wine turns to something that tastes more ...

Here are some more ways to create garden labels from household items. If you like the look of cork, you can assemble a decorative planter out of leftover wine corks. Start with a small wooden piece ...

The continuing use of cork, a cylinder of tree bark, to stopper wine bottles is in many ways extraordinary – especially since a growing body of scientific research suggests that a crown cap (as on a ...

So, here's how to pour your wine so that you don't waste a single drop. How to open fizz First, remove the muzzle and immediately pop your hand over the cork to ensure it doesn’t fly out if you ...

If you love wine or have a collection of corks from days gone by, you don't have to leave them in a drawer or a memory box. In fact, there are many ways to repurpose wine corks around the house. One ...