The material quality is quite good. It's made in Italy. And it costs 4.95 in store (less than online). I'm happy so far.
Thanks everyone! I bought the one they have at Landi .
Old school for me..
But i swear by my foil cutter to remove cap before uncorking. š
Thanks Nick. Kind of killed the post a bit, but hey ho.
Iād rather leave the cap on than drink Australian wine
Screw caps are popular in Australia because, as every good sommelier knows, there is a percentage of corks that go bad, ruining the wine. Generally it's between three & seven percent, but in bad years can be up to 20%. A large winery can afford that percentage of bad wines without losing their reputation, but smaller wineries (such as many of those in Australia) can't afford to have bad bottles - hence the screw caps.
As for those who claim that corked wines age better, that's been disproven at blind tastings of the same vintage, some corked and some screw capped.
Screw caps are spreading around the world, too, partly because there are many small wineries around the world but also because gradually more customers are asking for them ...
Personally I still prefer a cork, since you can throw it at anyone who complains about the quality of the wine - although I only need that when we don't have Australian wine.
As for answering the original question - I have my large Swiss army knife, three waiter's friends, and a winged corkscrew (brought out from Australia - made of tough stainless steel, I actually inherited it from my grandparents who bought it sometime in the early '70s ...).
All five of these can also be used effectively to open beer bottles (a far more frequent occurrence), in case I've left my keys somewhere other than my pocket (they have a beer bottle opener attached - I don't resort to using my keys to open beer).
Try a Penfolds Grange and see how you get on without a corkscrew
Yes, Penfolds have corks.
Without any doubt, these are the bestg ones, simple and rarely break !
Quite often they are used as giveaways by wine growers and distributors, you just need to ask