Oh no! My wine bottle’s cork broke. What now? Every wine lover finds themselves in this situation one day or the other. Here are three reasons why a cork might break while you try to uncork a bottle: 1) The cork was faulty: It could be old and poorly stored or punched out the wrong way, due to which it crumbled when you tried to remove it. 2) The wine bottle was stored vertically, due to which the cork dried and crumbled. The easiest way to prevent this is to store your wine bottles on their sid