Open a Wine Bottle Without a Corkscrew

March 3, 2008

Wine Virgin, you taught us how to bottle our wine so now will you please show us how to open a a wine bottle without a corkscrew? Thanks!!! - Sandy in Omaha, NB

Sandy, is that bottle of table wine just calling your name? Go get it and I’ll show you one of the easiest ways possible to open a bottle of wine without a corkscrew bottle opener. You will need a long screw, a screw driver and a claw hammer.

Screw the screw down into the cork. Sounds interesting doesn’t it? Now screw it down as far as you can without going through the bottom of the cork but not to far, you do not want bits of cork to get into the wine because that would ruin the perfect moment of savoring your first mouthful.

Then take the claw side of the hammer and work the cork out of the wine bottle. This is pretty simple to do, you have to be careful though in that you don’t get too carried away and crack the bottle.  So when you’re in a pinch and need to open a wine bottle without your trusty corkscrew bottle opener, remember, young wino what The Wine Virgin has taught you.

Posted by The Wine Virgin | Filed Under Wine Questions 

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