Devine- Ah So Wine Opener for Vintage Bottles - Gift Packaging

I was surprised how well this works - it makes removing corks effortless.

Does what it is designed to do

Good quality, strong prongs

If you have wines that are 10+ yrs old and have a cork seal then you must get one of these openers. The cork seal is broken very smoothly and the wine avoids being contaminated with chucks of cork when using a waiters friend or similar screw type opener.

This type of opener is just the thing when you have aged or fragile corks.

Don’t listen to other bad reviews. I can only assume people who wrote negative reviews used improper technique. The tongs are the perfect thickness. Cork came out with ease. Sure there may be better ones, but for the price, this is just fine. Insert one prong ever so slightly. Then the other prong. Then gently rock back and forth while pushing down the slightest bit. It will naturally go down into the bottle without pushing the cork down. Once all the way in, twist while gently pulling up, quarter rotation at a time. If you have trouble, don’t blame the product, just watch a YouTube video for the technique and this will work great. This is my first Ah So, I bought it to open a very old bottle that I know will have a soft cork.

I have come to appreciate this style of cork remover for old, damaged, and very tight corks, especially where a traditional corkscrew has damaged or broken the cork. This is about the only method of effectively removing the cork in those situations. But this method also preserves an undamaged cork and allows easy re-corking of the bottle, great for keeping the wine for another day. Among those I have used, the DeVine opener is a joy to use, solid, well made, clean, attractive, catches the eye of guests, and appears to be stainless steel for long life. It is just what I was looking for and I can highly recommend it. I bought two! It doubles as a bottle opener, so whatever you and the guests drink, you are set.