Cloying - Overly sweet, lacking the proper amount of acidity to give the wine balance. Color - The skins of the grapes give a wine its color. The longer the juice is in contact with the skins, the more color will be imparted to the wine. Pink or ros wines are made from red grapes that are only allowed brief contact with the skins. Cork - Produced from the bark of cork trees, mainly grown in Spain and Portugal.
Corks are airtight and have for years been the best way to seal bottles.
Cork should not let air into a wine bottle over time. It is intended to create an airtight seal. However any closure that seals airtight is a perfect one for wine. Recently many new closures have been tested , but the use of non-cork has been resisted by traditionalists. Corked - Term meaning the wine has gone bad.