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pink-o

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4. I travel a lot--and I never check a bag so I can't take a corkscrew with me.

Reply to riqster (Original post)

Fri Jan 10, 2014, 08:38 AM

Jan 2014

So I'm constantly buying them in other cities, then I need to leave them when I go. Hate that.

Thanks for the cool vid. I will definitely try it out!

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How to open a bottle of wine – without a corkscrew [View all] riqster Jan 2014 OP

I am totally going to try this. onehandle Jan 2014 #1

Pass along the results. riqster Jan 2014 #2

I just felt a disturbance in the force ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2014 #3

I travel a lot--and I never check a bag so I can't take a corkscrew with me. pink-o Jan 2014 #4

Hilton used to hand out cool little plastic corkscrew/church keys riqster Jan 2014 #7

Interesting ... surrealAmerican Jan 2014 #5

Spend a dollar on a corkscrew. baldguy Jan 2014 #6

And if there is no sommelier? riqster Jan 2014 #8

Then it's not a wine of vintage sharp_stick Jan 2014 #16

I have had Silver Oak, and get where you are coming from. riqster Jan 2014 #18

This doesn't work at all for beer cans struggle4progress Jan 2014 #9

Beer cans can be opened with almost any sharp pointy object. riqster Jan 2014 #10

So when I travel, I still need my corkscrew to open my beercans struggle4progress Jan 2014 #11

Best to drink good single-malt Scotch riqster Jan 2014 #12

Yet another problem quickly dispatched by the wisdom of DU! struggle4progress Jan 2014 #17

CrowdBoozeSourcing! riqster Jan 2014 #20

Where were you last Sunday when I needed this information after I broke a corkscrew ScreamingMeemie Jan 2014 #13

Didn't work for me pokerfan Jan 2014 #14

D'oh! riqster Jan 2014 #15

who cares? zappaman Jan 2014 #19

Cardboardeaux? riqster Jan 2014 #21

Corks are archaic, best with archaic sorts of wine. hunter Jan 2014 #22