HOUSTON - Cork tree bark has long been used in Asia to fight inflammation. "People in China, they take this bark, they actually make a concoction out of this bark, and that concoction they drink ...

It's a more common occurrence than we care for, but one that we've just accepted as an unpleasant inevitability in wine drinking. The post What is cork taint (and what does it do to your wine)?

Cork oaks grow a thin layer of bark every year as a result of their unique genetic makeup. Post bark removal, the trees take about 9 years for their bark to become thick enough to harvest again. Over ...

Not feeling your glass of wine? Or worse, smell a musty odor from it? It may be spoiled by cork taint. And while it's not dangerous, its also not pleasant.

What makes the cork bark commercially viable is its unique cell structure and its ability to regenerate. A cubic centimeter of cork bark is teeming with air cells (up to 40 million!) and those ...

This article was originally published with the title “Bark and Cork” in SA Supplements Vol. 46 No. 1174supp (July 1898), p. 18785 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican07021898-18785csupp ...

Bo tany professor and director of Cal Poly’s Plant Conservatory Matt Ritter said the university is home to about 50 cork oak trees, which are unique because they regenerate bark after harvesting.

I felt it would resurface in the work I was to do here in Portugal.” In 2018, during a visit to family-owned cork production facility NF Cork in Faro, he learned about turning cork bark into blocks.

For cork collector Khaled Warhani, ... The bark is cut only from the lower portion of the tree, below shoulder height, leaving a bare red trunk underneath while older bark grows above.

By Claire Doole This summer António Gonçalves Ferreira is harvesting the cork trees of his grandparents under a hot Iberian sun. Taking a break from the labour-intensive activity to survey his farm, ...

Portugal, the world’s leading cork producer, is finding new uses for the material, from footwear to furniture. By. AFP. Published. October 4, 2024 ...