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• v  close a bottle with a cork
• v  stuff with cork
• s  (of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin
  a corked port

• The champagne bottles that had been chilled in anticipation of a celebration remained corked.
• One in 10 bottles of wine is tainted--or "corked," in the oenophile's argot--making it smell musty and taste bitter.
• Beyond Asmara lies Massaua, Eritrea's only good port, which the Royal Navy had tightly corked and hoped soon to possess.

• cork
• cork up
• corky

• uncork

News & Articles

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• Even as Metro writes a flurry of tickets, many remained confused about the booze rules governing Fremont
  The Law: At any of the following locations, it is unlawful for any person to drink an alcoholic beverage or to possess an open container of alcoholic beverage which was purchased in an original sealed or corked container: (1) Upon any premises, including the parking lot, of an establishment which is licensed only for the off-sale or the on-off-sale of alcoholic beverages;
  July 31, 2013 - Las Vegas CityLife

Quotes

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• Steve Hansen in Stuff.co.nz
  We're not too bad really. Richie and Conrad have both got corked thighs - they should be okay,Hansen said shortly after the All Blacks' arrival in South Africa this morning (NZT). "We'll see how they are over the next couple of days but...
• Sammy Sosa in WTOV9.com
  You only mention two things in 13 years that I was in Chicago. You mention the (corked) bat and the day that I left,Sosa said. "You don't mention all the great years I had in Chicago. I have to say I made maybe two mistakes in 13 years....
• Dave Van Horn in Springdale Morning News
  He worked the count,Van Horn said. "He corked it. He smoked it. That was a no-doubter."