How to Open a Bottle of Wine
Video: 3m 35sec Quiz: 3 questions
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Opening a bottle of wine is easy, with a little practice. If you are tasting along with this wine course, you’ll get plenty. Here are some of my favorite tools for opening a bottle of wine:
A corkscrew
A lever-pull (great for opening multiple bottles quickly)
An Ah-So (great for older, soft, or brittle corks)
How to Open a Bottle–In the video I carefully demonstrate each step:
- Cut the capsule just below the “lip” near the bottle’s opening
- Remove the top of the capsule, or foil, covering
- Insert the augur all the way by twisting carefully
- Anchor the lever on the bottle lip with your grip
- Smoothly pull the cork until almost out
- Gently rock the cork the rest of the way out with your grip