Here Are Several Of Choices In Wine Opener

Casual enthusiasts and connoisseurs alike will all need a good wine opener. Before you can even worry about what brand is best, you must first decide which of the many different types you wish to shop for. Though all are similar in function, there are many different approaches to pulling a cork.

It is likely that you are familiar with the waiter's corkscrew. Compact and folding like a jack knife, the screw and lever are are both mounted at the same end of the body. After you have manually worked the screw into the cork, the lever arm is placed against the bottle. By lifting the far end of the body, you have enough leverage to easily slide the cork out.

With a little practice, this works very well. The waiter's corkscrew is also easy to carry in your pocket or apron. All but the most basic models will also feature a little blade with which to remove the foil seal from bottles.

Manually working a screw straight down the center of a cork is not easy. And, as mentioned above, the lever action can take a few tries to master. For home use, many people prefer the winged corkscrew design.

This type of opener has two levers that rise out from either side as the screw is worked downward. Working the screw perfectly down into the cork is easier because it is mounted to the device. As long as the opener is properly set atop the bottle, the screw is vertically oriented and the user need only turn the handle on top in order to drive it straight down.

For an even easier way to reliably open bottles, take a look at tabletop models. For the unsteady hand or high-throughput restaurants, a tabletop model might be the way to go. They are large and heavier than other options, but can pull corks with great ease. In fact, some of them are even motorized so that a user need only to place the bottle properly and the contraption will handle the rest.

CO2 openers don't use a screw at all. Instead, they use pressurized gas to push the cork out of the bottle. Getting the force of the gas from a pressurized canister, the user pushes the needle of the device into the cork until the tip protrudes into the air gap below the cork. Then, a simple push of a button sends the cork pushing out.

If you prefer something minimalist, the screw-pull type opener is little more than a screw with a handle. The smallest models fold up to be no larger than a large pen. However, this portability comes at the cost of usability. There is no leverage, so it is up to the user to provide enough force to pull the cork straight out.

Whatever your needs in a wine opener are, be sure to choose at least one. Nobody wants to be stuck with a sealed bottle. Coming prepared with the right equipment will spare you from this embarrassment.