Be prepared to throw out your French corkscrew after reading this (or any other kind) – you’ll never need it again.
About 10 years ago, my wife and I were part-time bartenders for weddings. We opened a lot of wine. Of course, we started using the standard issue French corkscrew, then migrated to other styles. But when you need to open dozens of bottles in a few hours, those didn’t cut it.
Then I recalled the Screwpull wine opener I had at home (this was before we were regular wine snobs). I had received it for a gift a few years earlier and recalled its ease of use. Cut the foil, place Screwpull of the bottle top, clamp the handles with one hand, push the lever with the other, then pull up!
I brought the Screwpull to a one of the weddings I worked – wow, that was the money. So much so, the owners bought a drawer full of these lever corkscrews for the entire team.
But when you open that many bottles, you need something durable. It was clear that the more expensive Screwpull (usually two to three times more than the knockoffs) was outlasting the cheaper Rabbit and other brands. As a matter of fact, I still have and use that original Screwpull today – after 10 years!
So don’t waste your money on the cheaper brands – for ease of use and durability, the Screwpull could be the last wine opener you ever buy.
No comments