How to Remove Cork from Bottle??

] I have a new bottle of Wine but have no cork screw. How can I remove the ] cork without a cork screw? ] Thanks to all who help ] ]

Whack its top off with a sabre, of course. HTH.

-E

"Mayor Quimby" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@corp.supernews.com:

When stuck like this I try to push the cork in. Be careful as some wine will squirt out when this is attempted. A knife steel is best for this job. Losing a little wine is better than not drinking it at all.

Fred.

If you plan to repeat the experience (of obtaining bottles of wine), perhaps visiting a grocery, household, or wine/spirits store and puchasing a cork screw? Otherwise: screw a large screw into the cork, pull it out with visegrip pliers, or - drill a hole through the cork with a drill and drill bit (this tends to drop little pieces of cork into the wine, or - knock the top off the bottle with a hammer blow (this tends to get messy, maybe little fragments of glass drop into the wine, and then are swallowed). The suggestions under otherwise are not really serious. If you never plan to have another bottle of wine, and thusly do not want to buy a corkscrew, perhaps you could borrow one from a friend or acquaintance?

Jim

Or, purchase a Swiss Army knife! Dick R.

Yes borrowing a cork screw from a freind or nieghbor can be quite a nifty idea indeed. I do it all the time, it saves me money on buying my own cork screw.

if you have a Swiss army knife most have a corkscrew on them. If not tell someone who likes you. You would love to have a Swiss army knife for your birthday, Christmas Gift, Labor day gift , or any other holiday in your area. And you can make a corkscrew out of a mop handle by screwing a 3 1/2 or 4 inch drywall screw throw the mop handle. Now you can also put the wine bottle in boiling water and wait till the pressure pushes the cork out. This is real messy and will make the wine not worth drinking. Anyway you go you are going to have to make a trip to a store. So just go to the store buy your own Swiss army knife and quit being so cheap.

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Break the bottle over a sieve lined with musseline(sp.?) cloth. Pour from your bucket into a carafe or a properly cleaned Coke bottle and voilá, you have a decanted and aerated wine. ;-) Anders

Although I recommend that you simply go buy a cheap corkscrew, there is another way.

A friend, vacationing in rural Mexico (which is pretty much the entire country, but I believe this was Baja California - aka "BC"), was faced with the same dilemma. A local shopkeeper showed him how it's done.

He folded a towel and held it against a wall. Grasping the de-foiled bottle in the other hand he proceeded to _pound_ the base of the bottle repeatedly into the towel covered wall. Slowly, the cork began to emerge from the bottle until finally there was enough sticking out that he could grasp it and pull it the rest of the way out. Ta da!

Tom S

This exact procedure worked great for me a couple of years ago when I brought a bottle of wine over to my mother-in-law's house and found out that she didn't have a corkscrew.

Sean

Chop it clean with a guillotine.

Sidney Carton as told to

Through the top of the neck.

Port tongs? James Dempster (remove nospam to reply by email)

You know you've had a good night when you wake up and someone's outlining you in chalk.

Here's an absolute, desperate, last-resort method: Use a diamond glass-cutter to cut out the bottom of the bottle. Of course, have a large pitcher or mixing bowl underneath.

Dan-O (Not speaking from experience, but it would be fun to watch!)

If you had such a glass cutter, why in the world would you cut out the _bottom_ of the bottle instead of cutting off the neck of the bottle just below the cork?

-- Regards,

- Roy

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_bottom_ of the bottle instead

Right you are. My tongue was planted firmly in cheek when I wrote my previous post. In other words, "Kids, don't try this at home!"

Dan-O