Why wood stopper for wine?
However, corks had not become mainstream in those days. At that time, the most common used as cork Wine pot and wine jar is used wax or plaster, and the drop of oil olive Wine surface (to reduce the wine in contact with oxygen). In the middle ages, cork was clearly abandoned. When the painting described are twisting cloth or leather to plug the Wine pot or bottle, sometimes with wax to ensure tight seal.
Oak was used as a bottle stopper at the time of its birth. Fifth Century BC the Greeks sometimes with oak to stuff the Wine pot, under their leadership, the Romans began to use oak as cork, with sealing wax.
Wine with metal caps is generally very cheap, and good quality wines are mostly cork. Cork is a natural product made from the bark of oak trees. It has excellent elasticity and resilience and can be completely sealed after being compressed into a bottle. However, dry stretch will decline due to reduced, which is why Wine must use across the way, to let the cork wet newspaper to preserve Wine. Today, there are also artificial compression pieces of cork instead of natural corks, but in general, most expensive wines are made of natural corks. Since the cork has a lifespan of about 30 years, it is possible to preserve longer vintages.
