Long cork extraction

Pulltaps works well, you get two points on which to grab the neck fo the bottle, you use the first one for half the cork, then you take the rest out on the second one.

"postcard" wrote in news:Vi4Tf.1$ snipped-for-privacy@news.ee.net:

Never having tried it, but friends swear by it - the air-pump method (I'm not sure what the correct name is).

It's a long hollow needle (like a hypodermic syringe) with a small hand- operated pump/handle. As you pump, the pressure builds up and the cork slowly rises.

A friend of mine has one that has it's own compressed gas source. You just insert the needle and push the button and the cork slides out. I use it when I'm at his place...it seems to work pretty well. I tend to use my trudeau if I'm home and a cheap waiters folding screw if not.

I've found the hinged 2-stage waiters corkscrew does very well with very long corks (actually, with any cork).

"DaleW" wrote in news:1147739438.921736.308310 @j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

Seconded - as long as you use them 'properly' (in two stages). Plenty of times I have seen people using these, wondering why the arm is hinged and trying to do it all in one go. (If you see what I mean).

Once you show/explain it's super easy.