Opening a bottle of wine without a corkscrew
Feb 1, 2014 | 7:21 am
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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.
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.
Feb 1, 2014 | 7:31 am
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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
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
Feb 1, 2014 | 7:41 am
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Feb 1, 2014 | 9:16 am
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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.
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.
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.
Feb 1, 2014 | 9:29 am
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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.
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We had this happen last week, asked the front desk for one.
Feb 1, 2014 | 12:46 pm
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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!!
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!!
Last edited by geirfugl; Feb 1, 2014 at 1:01 pm