The going rate is about 10 cents per cork. You can try to charge more if you have some type of rare cork you think is worth it, but if you just want to move your merchandise, price accordingly.

What is cork made of? Cork consists of suberin cells in the shape of tiny pentagonal or hexagonal honeycombs, a complex fatty acid and filled with an air-like gas, which makes up 90% of its volume. It possesses an average density of around 200 kg/m3 and low thermal conductivity.

Cork capsulated stoppers are increasingly popular in fast-growing areas such as gin, rum, premium whiskies and vodkas, and craft beers | Top Series.

The year 1680 has been stated as when the Benedictine monk first used cork for sealing wine. Previously stoppers had generally been made of wood wrapped in hemp soaked in olive oil. Cork was probably first used to seal wine in the sixth century BC (BCE) in Toscana (Tuscany).