Wine Faults: Cork Taint

Wine 101 but we made it a manga for visual learners and fun!- “Cork taint is a wine fault that occurs when wine is contaminated by a chemical compound called 2,4,6-trichloroanisole (TCA). TCA is produced when fungi in cork or wood come into contact with chlorides. The result is a wine that smells and tastes musty, moldy’