What's the best way to open a bottle of wine without using a corkscrew?
Do you know of any other ways to open wine bottles without using traditional devices? Bonus points for pictures or videos! (okay, not really "bonus points", but they'd still be cool to see!)
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1. Using a Tree
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq7DBjCzSuE
2. Using a Phone Book
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rafqCGfVj2I
3. Using a screw, a screw driver and a hammer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9HRRFZ0EVs&feature=fvw
4. Using a Marker or a Pen and a string
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGEHMRXzR4U&feature=related
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I am assuming that you are asking about bottles of wine with corks. Personally, I find screw-capped wines and wine boxes more convenient. They can be opened without avian assistance.
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Me already being a bit tipsy, I got a nail, a long nail and put it almost all the way through the cork, so it was sticking out the bottom. I tied some thick string around the nail and then around the door knob. My friend sat on the ground and he held the bottle while I got on the other side of the door, I slammed the door shut, the cork flew out, hit him in the head after it bounced off the ceiling.
It worked, but I probably would never do it again, it startled us both and who knows where that cork could of flown.
Experience
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I have Sword based bottle opening done and it is spectacular - when done well. Just remember, as with anything, practice practice practice.
http://www.wikihow.com/Open-a-Champagne-Bottle-with-a-Sword
If you are looking for something a bit more practical check this out.
http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Open_a_Wine_Bottle_Without_a_Corkscrew
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M$1. By Hiting - Wrap the bottom of the bottle in a towel. Hit the bottom of the bottle firmly and evenly against a reasonably flat, vertical surface like the wall. Careful not to break the bottle. Continue hitting it until the entire cork comes out. Then use your hands or pliers to pull it out.
2. By turning a screw into the cork and pulling it out with pliers.
3. Or you can simply push the cork all the way through.
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I don't like using cork screws because they break up the cork sometimes, they leave crumbs of cork at times. After my father died I inherited a whole bunch of his kitchen gadgets, and among them were a number of these two-prong openers. It took me a couple of tries to figure out how to effectively slide the prongs beside the cork, and how to pull and twist without grinding the glass at the top of the bottle. Early on I even broke the top of the bottle when I twisted harder than I pulled. I have since then perfected the method. :)
The cork comes out intact, and for those who later use corks for other things, they're in great shape. (As a whim one time I looked at eBay and found that people do quite a business in selling corks, dividing them out into category of material. I've sold my old corks on eBay, and they're more desirable when they aren't punctured.)
The higher end openers can be quite expensive and fancy devices that open the bottle without the struggle with the corkscrew or the wine cork puller. I heard a very good review of one of these battery-operated openers on The Splendid Table, the public radio cooking show with Lynne Rosetto Kasper. (http://splendidtable.publicradio.org/) Her reviewer recommended the Oster 4207 Electric Wine-Bottle Opener. This $20 opener went as a gift to each of my siblings one year.
I think the best answer for those of you who travel and don't have any sharp objects or cork screws in your luggage, or who might find themselves on a long weekend binge in a remote cabin with booze but no corkscrew handy, my advice is to buy wine in bottles with Stevlin enclosures. Otherwise known as screw caps.
Over the years the reputation of wine with screw caps was low - Mogan David 2020 was the fortified wino stuff in the cheap section of the liquor store or the farthest cooler in the convenience store. Right there with Boones Farm, etc. Fortified awful sweet stuff for those who want the alcohol, not a nice wine. But times have changed, and oenophiles have begun to research and extol the virtues of wine that is more reliably stored in the bottle with a screw cap, and not likely to turn because the cork was a bad one.
I don't buy expensive wine, I can't afford it. But I find there are some very nice wines in the $5 to $10 range, and most of them still come with corks. So my preferred method of entry is the two pronged cork puller.
Skoal!
Wine opener reviews, including the 2-prong variety: http://www.winebottleopener.org/tag/metal
http://splendidtable.publicradio.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screw_cap_(wine)
http://www.oster.com/Category.aspx?pgid=1028
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It must be a guy thing.
Thanks Corey!