Opening a Bottle of Wine with a Waiter's Corkscrew

This knowby guides you through opening a wine bottle using a waiter's corkscrew. Learn to cut the foil, position the corkscrew, and lever out the cork with ease. Become a wine-opening expert and impress your friends with this simple and elegant technique.

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A typical Waiter's Corkscrew has:

A 2-Step Lever
A Foil Cutter
A spiral cork screw

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Using the Foil Cutter, slice the foil around the stem of the bottle

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Starting from the previous cut, slice up over the bottle. Remove and discard the foil from the top.

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Position the Corkscrew in the centre of the cork and begin turning it into the cork.

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Rotate the Corkscrew about six half turns, ensuring that there is one full spiral left above the cork; this is both to provide leverage and to prevent the Corkscrew from piercing the bottom of the cork.

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Position the upper-most lever against the top of the bottle, and begin levering the cork out as far as you can. Switch to the bottom-most lever and continue to lever the cork out further.

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Gently ease the rest of the cork out with your hand.

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Enjoy your wine!