produces more than $1 billion annually. the court producers have really made some changes. and it s apparent in their product. they do a few processes differently now. jane wells is live where she managed to get the short straw and wound up in the beautiful wine country pro moting the use of corks. jane? how i suffer, peter. here at the rutherford ranch winery they have a cork tree. this is where you get the cork from. they harvest it every nine years. these are all over portugal. it is number one in cork. it is 3 pk of their exported economy. synthetics came in there were concerns about taint. and others took over 30% mark