Which corkscrew

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Do you use a super cheap one or a brand name ? Waiter's corkscrew or winged? (I don't want an electric one.)

According to Kassensturz , the best is one going for 74.90 at Globus - but runner up is the Prix Garantie!

My current corkscrew just had its spiral part break away from the handle (I had to twist it out using pliers.) Anyway it had a tendency to slip off the lip of the bottle top.

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Just use a super cheap winged one. I think we've had ours for over 20 years and very many bottles of wine.

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I don't care about the brand, but I want something sturdy and durable.

I'm currently using a very robust stainless steel winged corkscrew that was given as a gift to my parents some 40 years ago. It still works perfectly.

When I moved to CH I bought a new "normal one" for myself and I later discovered that 5% of the bottles have a neck too large that doesn't fit. Another one had plastic parts and they broke. This one will probably survive me...

I don't know how much it costed, though...

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Got a cheap one from coop 10 years ago. I've told myself that I'll get a nicer one when it breaks, but I guess it will never break.

PS. it's a small one, waiter's/sommelier or whatever is called.

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I use the waiter’s corkscrews. Works perfectly, takes up minimal room. Wife bought me an artisanal tool to get the foil off, which I use, not because it’s better than using the cs’s small knife but because ...

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Swiss army knife

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Best quality and ease of use is the Murano Waiter's corkscrew

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I use an a bit more "elaborate" version of the waiter corkscrew, nonetheless very inexpensive. like this . It takes considerably less force to uncork.

It may also be a bit of an age thing, you may no longer have the necessary strength at a very advanced age. A Hebelkorkenzieher may be better suited.

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I agree, waiters corkscrew does the job.

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I bought mine from the Wine Society 30 years ago. Still works brilliantly and does exactly what it's supposed to do!

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I love this one from Vacuvin, on my second - the first one only lasted for 16 years of daily use.

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That looks disturbingly like a pear of anguish

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Drinking is not your only Hobby then?

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I see you visited the the gift shop in Mordor.

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I use the BIG made by campagnolo. had it for 20 years and love it.

https://www.campagnolo.com/NL/en/sto..._the_corkscrew

failing that I also use the one on my pocket knife.

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Size matters right?

I have something similar to one of these that I can't remember whether it was a gift or I bought it that I've never got round to mounting on the wall.

https://assets.zuyo.eu/q:i/r:0/wp:0/...w-00992704.jpg

Normally just use the first corkscrew I can lay my hands on from the collection we've amassed over the years either waiter style or with wings or even this souvenir from Brussels.

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/FFMAA...7e/s-l1600.jpg

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This thread motivated me to research which one I currently have.

It is 98% identical to the "Ghidini e Cipriano" corkscrew

(so apparently it was branded after all):

https://www.eprice.it/Bicchieri-Vino...695/d-57475928

On the site above it costs 20 EUR, meaning for my family 0.5 EUR/year

I might buy a new one for them, since I stole theirs...

Oh, nice hints about waiter's corkscrews.

I've never got really used to them, but for parties and grills the one I have is not practical.

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An ideal corkscrew should be difficult to operate so as to make opening a bottle an unpleasant, inhibiting experience and thereby making a positive contribution to its user's health. However, not having a corkscrew at all could be a health risk of its own because of the improvisations which may be resorted to in such an emergency like breaking the bottle at the neck and filtering the contents through a terry's nappy or gouging the cork out with a sharp knife or screwdriver.

Incidentally, a tip for the less experienced drinker: even with the best corkscrew that Kassensturz can find, don't be tempted to try opening a champagne bottle with one.

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I've got a variant on a waiter's corkscrew with a built-in foil cutter that I love. I've had it for years and wouldn't trade it for anything.

If you drink old wine, focus on a corkscrew that has a real spiral rather than one with a central spine and ridges (like a screw), as this will likely break your cork and leave crumbs in the bottle.

If you drink really old wine, it's worth keeping an Ah So corkscrew on hand for delicate corks, or to salvage a cork that breaks upon opening. Also, you get to say "Ah So!" as you open the bottle.

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Australian wines are the way to go. Then you don't need a corkscrew!