Don't blame it on the cork

One of the most controversial subjects in wine today is the issue of corked wines. What has long been described as corked wine is in many cases actually faulty wine.

The phrase ‘corked wine' originally meant that some error had occurred in the bottle, rather than an error in the vineyard, the winery, in transportation or in storage.

When there was no real consequence to finding that the wine was ‘corked' (other than ...