On 11/7/2010 6:56 AM, notbob wrote:
> On 2010-11-07, Mr > wrote:
>
>> I see the Houdini corkscrew is being advertised...anyone have one? The
>> price is holding me back!!
>
> As it should. They're all nonsense gimmicks. I've tried everything
> from cheapo plastic giveaways to $120 table mount Screwpulls. Teflon
> coated worms, CO2 powered needles, dual prongs, blah blah blah.....
> They all have their faults and all have failed me at one time or
> another. The only one I've ever used that has NEVER failed to open a
> bottle EASILY, is this style:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/3yf7uja
>
> I now have and all-brass version and it works perfectly, every time.
> I tossed all my other corkscrews.
>
> nb
>
I agree with the style. We have a brass one that my DH got when he was a
college student working in a fancy liquor store. I think it was a promo
from Bolla. It's close to 50 years old and there is nothing that works
better.

We have been to wineries where they use those two-pronged rocking
openers. I have always wondered why those openers fail to work as soon
as you take them out of the winery.

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Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
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