There has been some customer friendly development related to the packaging and sealing of wine, such as the Chateau Cardboard and better screw-on corks.
Problem is that the old fashioned corks are very useful material in various situations. Recently the power socket of one of my external hard discs came loose from the circuit board.
I didn’t dare to solder it in place as I was afraid that I would accidentally create a short circuit. Instead I cut a wine cork to size and squeezed it in between the casing and the socket – no tools needed!
The corks work well also as isolators between the ham radio antenna and a stay (together with another important product, the cable tie).
Only imagination limits the use of wine corks, but sometimes you have to buy more expensive bottles to get one!