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Anybody have an easy way to use a corkscrew? I have a cheap one which never works for me. The more expensive one has grips on both sides for gripping the cork itself, but I don't know how it works. Any suggestions?
I know what you mean about cheap ones being annoying. I tried one once and went nuts. Mine is heavy duty and built to last. It's got an arm on each side. Once you turn the screw in the cork, the arms go out on each side, one to the left and one to the right. You simply squeeze them together, and most of the time, the cork will come out with a light pull. So I'd suggest getting a good one and trying it out. Hope that helps.
I love the cheapo ones, so easy. You just screw them in and then use the handle as a lever. The cork screws with arms on both sides are nice, but some bottles of wine have capts where the glass side is thicker than the rest of the bottle and you can´t fit the cork screw around it.
Wine makers are increasingly turning to screw caps, which I think is awesome.
Very interesting. I've never seen the kind you mean. I might have to check them out. I'm a sucker for kitchen gadgets. I know Harvey's Bristol Cream sherry has a cork that you can just pull off from the top and then easily fit back on once you're finished. I haven't drank alcoholic beverages in about five years and the dealcoholised wines I've tried haven't caught onto the screw taps yet. It'll be interesting and nice when/if they do.
I have a heavy duty corkscrew as well. I like the kind with arms, cause the regular ones seem to cause the cork to break, Not fun! Make sure the point of the corkscrew is at the center of the cork. It took me a couple of tries to get the hang of this.
There's usually a mark on the cork to indicate where the centre of the cork is. We have one of those corkscrews with arms and that's my preferred type of corkscrew, though I do have a goodgrips one as well.
Jen.
I love the cork screw with arms! Using it, I never split a cork, as I often do with the armless one.
Over the holidays, I saw an electric corkscrew. Pretty neat little contraption! You just place it on the bottle and it does its thing! I've also seen a corkscrew that simply consisted of a needle. That one scared me a bit though. Basically, the idea was that you pressed the needle in through the cork. Once it was deep enough, you pressed a button and the needle shot air in to the bottle, thus raising the air pressure enough to have the cork pop out. I was always afraid the entire bottle was going to explode though. And when the cork did come out, it really shot out of there.
I think you can find the electric corkscrew on amazon.
Jim
plain old cork screw fro me ... with the bottle opener at the other end ... 's what I got
Electric corkscrew? Hell, I'd get one of those in a heartbeat. lol Sounds pretty nifty. :D I don't think we have anything here, since my family very rarely drinks wine.
electric corkscrew doesn't sound like something I would be comfortable with either. To each his own. A mark in the center of the cork? I have to practice with these suggestions, but I have heard wine makers are coming out with screw tops on the products. Thanks for the help.
I think cork is getting scarce and expensive, so we'll se more screw-top bottles, bottles with plastic, cork-shaped stoppers, boxed wines, and the like.
Most bottles with "corks" don't really use cork and haven't for years. It's some kind of synthetic material.