What is best wine bottle opener
The Best Wine Twist Corkscrew on the Market
wine was stored and shipped mostly in
barrels until the 17th century when the
glass bottle and cork stopper were
widely introduced since then there have
been dozens if not hundreds of patents
filed for a better corkscrew and you may
know this one the waiters corkscrew
well what if you're not a waiter why are
you calling Adam who's gonna show you
another version that might just be
easier well you know that waiter's
corkscrew Bridget takes a lot of
practice this different type that we're
gonna talk about today these are all
twist cork screws and there are two
types of twist cork screws these four
here are continuous turn cork screws
these five are winged cork screws why
don't you try that wing corkscrew right
down there you probably know how that
one works right know this very well I
think this was my very first corkscrew
so what you know you Center that over
the top of the bottle and when you screw
the worm into the cork those two wings
rise up yes they do on either side of
the bottle and then when you get to the
top you just press them down and out
comes the cork second type I'm gonna
have you demo that one too that's this
that's called continuous turning all
right that one you put right on top of
the bottle and you just turn and turn
and turn and turn and turn that will
drive the worm into the cork oh and you
keep turning and it pulls the cork up
out there you go there are nine
different models here and the price
range was eight dollars and ninety cents
up through $24.95
now testers use these to open 20 bottles
of wine ten of them had natural corks
ten of them had synthetic corks which
are little tougher little dents are a
little harder to pull out and all of
these bottles opened wartime so we knew
how fast people could pick this up now
at the end of the testing with the top
and the bottom model of each style the
testers opened five bottles of older
Bordeaux one was it 2009 one was a 2011
that had longer corks that had grown a
little bit drier a little bit brittle
over time to see how gentle these things
were by and large the testers found that
these twist quarters were a lot easier
to use than the waiters type in fact of
the first 200 bottles opened 199
we're open without incident that was a
great record I don't even want to ask
about the other one no I saved it we
could drink it up but in terms of the
two styles they found that the
continuous turning models were
practically foolproof even people who
had never opened a bottle of wine before
in their lives could pick this thing up
and use it without an issue and that's
because it's centered right on the cork
for you and there was just one motion
you just keep turning and turning and
turning until the worm goes into the
cork and the cork comes up and out of
the bottle
also you can see they're pretty
lightweight and slim so they're easy to
hold in place also makes them easy to
store now regardless of the type there
are a couple of issues with the worms
that mattered our testers researched and
found out that corks are not always the
same length they can vary some of them
are as short as 1.5 inches some of them
are 2 inches or longer and that means
that you need a worm that's 2 inches or
longer
this one for instance was 1.5 inches too
short to reach the bottom of the cork
now these continuous turn models I can
pull the whole thing out these were all
around 4.75 inches or even longer so
they can handle corks of whatever length
you throw at you you don't want that you
want to stop short of that also you can
see that this one has a center post and
the spirals are arranged sort of like a
drill bit on the outside that's called
an auger style worm not favorable
because they're a little rough around
the corks again most of them had an open
helix worm which means that it's open
it's gentler on the cork and testers in
fact really liked them if they were
coated with a nonstick coating because
it just made for less friction smoother
entry easier twisting I am holding the
winning corkscrew and I want you to give
it a try you have one right in front of
you this is the la cruz a table model
cork Paul it's 1995 and it is everything
we could ever ask of a corkscrew it's
easy to use its light and slim it has
that nice long worm at 4.75 inches it's
open helix it's a great corkscrew
the last one you're ever gonna need it
might even beat that first one you ever
had worth it that was dead simple that
was kind of amazing I think we need to
drink to this don't you I think you're
right I have a whole bottle well let me
pour a little bit of my perfectly
uncorked wine here
there you go just a taste of what's to
come out fantastic there you go I think
you have convinced me to at the very
least put a second corkscrew in my
drawer
excellent to the look through there
there you go well if you'd like to buy
the winner it's the lake crusade table
model cork ball and it retails for 1995
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