What is the difference in cork sizes?
Cork size can play a huge role in how long your wine is able to be stored because the size of the cork will determine how much air is allowed to transfer over time. What a lot of wine makers don’t realize is that you actually want slight amounts of air to come in contact with the wine to allow the wine to age. However, the more air transfer, the faster the wine will go bad. The composition of the cork can make a difference on very long term storage, but we’ll just talk about the standard type cork that is out there because they work well for most people’s needs. Below is a chart to give you some ideas of the storage time you can expect to get with each cork, but be aware that these numbers are based on experience with the corks, and not necessarily what the manufacturer would recommend. The reason we say that is because our experience has told us that these corks can preserve wine longer than some of the manufacturer’s recommendations. Also, these numbers are based on pretty ideal stor
