In the past, I had always used a traditional corkscrew to open a bottle of wine. Now, I use nothing but a wine key or waiter’s corkscrew. A traditional corkscrew has two arms that lift and a top pull that twists. A wine key, sometimes called a wait...
Last time we looked at some of the reasons why a wine bottle might have a wax seal over the cork. Now, to the question of how best to remove the wax so that the cork can be extracted. Here are a few options: Probably the easiest way to remove a wax ...
There are a bunch of corkscrews available to purchase and they all do the same thing. Mostly. The task of every corkscrew is to remove a cork from a bottle of wine. But not all corks are equal. And, when it comes to older corks, they can be a bit ...