Quite consistently, I can't get the corkscrew all the way into them, as they start sliding in the mouth of the bottle when I have it partway in. I can't even get it far enough in to use the levers on the corkscrew.
I can't help but think that this means my seal is less than adequate . . .
Are you laying them down and do they leak if so? That will tell you if the seal is inadequate.
Sounds odd. What brand are they? Guardian are a little undersized on purpose, they are stiff. Are you putting a #9 cork in a screwcap bottle? Screw thread ID and cork ID are not the same...
You might also look into getting another corkscrew - if by "levers" you means the type with "wings that go up as the screw gets deeper, those are pretty bad on any cork. Get a waiter's friend.
They seem to be the Guardian polymer corks shown at
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which only seem to come in a single (unspecified) size.
Many (most?) of the bottles I used were my father's two buck chuck, with a bunch of my own Barefoot bottles.
The most recent batch went into bottles from the local winery.
My wife wanted a bottle last night, and asked me to pour a glass before my meeting. My new Ecko corkscrew broke trying to pull it out, and I had to use some imitation Vise-Grip pliers to get it out.
When I returned home, the bottle was empty. Lacking an opener, I tried the one on my cheap pocketknife, which promptly broke off.
I then went to my neighbor's house, and broke his two-lever corkescrew, and use his imitation vise grips to get it out.
That's only two bottles, but suddenly my problem seems to be inverted!
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