Review the development history of cork

Although ancient Egyptian and Greek use cork sealing glass cosmetics packaging production, has a history of thousands of years, but the cork as the wine history of cosmetics packaging production plug, is in the 17th century French monks brewed create Dom Perignon champagne method sparkling wine, after carefully measure also however four hundred years of history, this period is to fine wine, the aristocratic stage, therefore, today, who loves wine always favours the cork is pulled out of the mouth glass cosmetics packaging production that 1 of 'bang', it seems that the 'bang' sound like a starting gun, tasting wine nerve also start a journey, not the 'bang' sound, tasting wine ceremony seems unsure where to start. Cork is a cork oak ( Quercus suber） Bark, this is a kind of belong to the oak tree class magic tree species, mainly distributed in Mediterranean countries, its bark is very thick, regeneration ability is very strong. About 20 years or so after the young trees planted can collect used for processing the bark, every nine years or so after collected again. Acquisition of bark usually can be used for processing the floor, sound insulation board and shoes, only after the third gathering in bark may be used for processing of wine cosmetics packaging production. Although this natural cork material is endowed with many sacred, mysterious emotion, but the process is not complicated: after collecting the bark of the stacked up to air dry for three to six months, during which the appropriate environmental humidity on the elasticity of the material and compressibility is very important. Air drying after the cork need 60-90 minutes in boiling water immersion, this operation has the effect of two aspects: one is disinfection, 2 it is to make the cork by bending formation and become more soft. Tidy flat cork material neatly packed in humidity suitable place to place 3 to 4 weeks, in order to obtain the cork material to achieve ideal humidity. Complete ready to deal with the cork material, the use of special tools along the direction perpendicular to the surface with required size of the cork, structurally, cork rings vertically arranged on the plug, therefore, the thickness of the cork material, determines the length of the plug can be obtained. Type of cork again after grinding, cleaning and disinfection, grading, printing, waxed and aseptic packaging, commodity cork is complete. Usually, natural cork is 24 mm in diameter, and cosmetics packaging production 750 ml of standard wine glass mouth diameter of 18 mm, after pressing into the mouth of the cosmetics packaging production cork, on its own flexibility, can fit to seal up glass cosmetics packaging production, preservation condition ideally, cork this state can reach 30 years or so, If in the cosmetics packaging production wine will continue to save for so long and still has the value of the need to change the plug) 。 Wooden plug length 38, 44, 49, 54 mm, several kinds of specifications, in general, the wine of higher grades, the use of cork length is longer, Of course, the use of the land of long wine cork, wine is not necessarily a high-level) 。 Cork is usually printed with chateau name, the year of wine, chateau information such as identification, castle design, can be said to be the second label, is not only the wine lovers collection of objects, it is also an important way to check its authenticity.