Champagne bottle corks

Hummm... I did a Google search and I find them in the UK but the only mention I find in the USA is a lawsuit....

Maybe they are not availbale here????

A.J. Rawls Anchorage, Alaska, USA

Billy, FYI, those natural corks don't start out T-shaped, they start out cylindrical like any other cork. They only get T-shaped after part of them gets stuffed in the bottle.

- Mark W.

You can use a Ferrari to insert the large agglomerated corks, but it's not easy.

Set it up to insert the cork about 3/4".

Insert the cork.

Release the handle.

Push the bottle stand down with your foot.

Grab the bottle.

Push the plunger handle down all the way; this releases the corked bottle from the corker.

Sounds insane, but a real champagne corker is around $1000 US and you can get a Ferrari for around $70...

If you want the remaining cork mushroomed, you have to make up a jig to crush it a bit as you wire hood it down.

If all of this sounds ridiculously painful, it is. The plastic ones are pretty easy to do, I put them in by hand. Regards, Joe