Opening a bottle of wine without a corkscrew
 

I am currently in BOD and got a couple of bottles of wine from a local shop.

I am now back in the hotel and there's no corkscrew here. I need advice on how to open these without a corkscrew.

I think this is not OT as I arrived this morning on a BA flight. Also, a lot of people here are professional drinkers, so I thought this would be a good place to do some, ahem, research.

Moved from the BA forum.

LTN Phobia
Moderator: BA forum

Must be a very down market hotel if there's no corkscrew available.

Opening a bottle of wine without a corkscrew
 

All you need is a wall and a shoe.

http://m.today.com/food/no-corkscrew-no-problem-how-open-wine-shoe-2D11899299

For your first attempt, I would use someone else's shoe :)

Toothbrush
 

Gently push the cork in with the back of a toothbrush. Gently. Too much pressure can have explosive results.

I travel with one of these on my keyring. I was stopped once at LCY. After they had taken a look at it they let me through.

Palmer

Yup - go with this method, I've used it many times (anything pointy will do, not just a toothbrush). The first glass is a bit awkward to get out, but after that it's fine.

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Go back to the shop if it's not too far. They'll usually open it for you.

Go to the bathroom,presuming there is one,take of all your clothes and press the cork down!! That is unless you dont mind having your clothing stained acording to the colour of the wine,offcause.

By the way,I have been in 4 star hotels that did not provide corkscrews,supose it depends on the definition of down market,and to be honest they were not VERY good 4 stars.

Handy, but difficult to use? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yduvl5rxEK0

We had this happen last week, asked the front desk for one.

Spoon not toothbrush.

Yes. Used it twice but it beats a spoon/toothbrush when nothing else is available.

Palmer

I think I found a gift for my father-in-law!

In my experience,spoons tended to divide the the cork into litle pieces,making the wine rather unpleasent to drink,even in the state of inebriation when I have practised this,-but maybe with unenibriated practice its good advice!!

Could maybe be praticiable if combined with the advice abouth using T-shirts or underpants for getting the cork out of the wine,in that case I strongly advice using YOUR OWN,but ofcs. that also rather depends on your state of inebriation,-one tends to use whats on hand,if the need to use is strong enough!!