Comments on: Opening Wine without a bottle Opener

By: Ed

Ed — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:04:12 +0000

Lol, I am from Napa Valley and wine is my everyday subject, but I have never seen something like this. I wonder if there is a patent on “Wine opener replacement package”.
Great job, I like it!!!

By: Krist

Krist — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:24:05 +0000

This is funny – my friend and i ran into this same problem when we were moving and had packed up the opener. A little different but same tactic my husband got his drill and drilled through the cork it was one of the few things that were not packed.

By: Woo

Woo — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 06:01:14 +0000

Just youtube.com “open wine no corkscrew” there are a few methods. The phone book method is probably the most viable for the general audience.

By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:05:23 +0000

So easy, thanks! Took me all of a minute to get the screw ouw!

By: rafael troche

rafael troche — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 07:26:35 +0000

i would like to to try every one of your options Post a video please so i can see them in action.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:42:10 +0000

This is a cool method I’ll have to remember next time. Funnily enough, last time I was stuck without a cork screw, I had a hammer and simply smashed the neck of the bottle off with it. Came off fine with very little mess although the girl sitting next to me on the sofa got some glass in her cleavage, which wasn’t cool really.

By: Malcolm Harnden

Malcolm Harnden — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 21:00:00 +0000

Hi,

Many years ago we would open a bottle of wine with a TOWEL. Place the towel on the bottom of the wine bottle folded end over end. Remove the cover from the cork, Holding the bottle sideways by the neck hit it against a wall with the towel on the base. The shock waves will slowly push the cork out of the bottle. I have done this 1000000s of times and never broke a bottle.

By: Alan Convery

Alan Convery — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:32:15 +0000

I have been stuck many a time, and have this slightly dangerous method.
Get 2 small sharp knives, grab bottle between the knees, insert knives down the sides of the cork, bend knives outwards and pull up. Gingerly.

If you don’t get a knife embedded in you, you get a nice glass of wine:-)

By: damon

damon — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:30:34 +0000

You can also push the cork through so that it sits in the wine.

By: Dodgey

Dodgey — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:11:35 +0000

Here’s a method I have used successfully several times, you need to be brave! (I haven’t lost one yet)
Fold a hand towel into a pad, place it against a solid object, wrap a tea towel around the bottle neck first just in case, then slam the base firmly abd repeatedly against the towel, the cork comes out on it’s own!!