I'm not going to say this again...

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Date: 13 July 2010 20:44:22

Wine should be opened using a corkscrew.

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Opening a bottle of wine using the method below is Bad, and Wrong, and makes poor St Martin cry. And he's got enough to cry about, what with his feast day being on Armistice Day and thus, somewhat over-shadowed.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngtiUKH_ygc[/youtube]

I was never a Girl Guide, but the Rosamother was. I am, perforce, blaming her entirely for the fact that my handbag contains, at all times, a rosary and a corkscrew in case of emergencies. If one doesn't work, try the other. Last time my parents and I went out for a meal, the waitress couldn't find her corkscrew, and the reactions went:

"I've got one," reaching for handbag (me).

"I've got one," reaching for handbag (mum).

"I've got one," reaching in back pocket (dad).

And as for the method below? Just don't. The opening of Champagne should be accomplished with the minimum of fuss, noise and bother, and no spillage whatsoever. As with so many things in life, it's all in the wrist.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye28n_aJspA[/youtube]

A technique that involves broken glass potentially getting into your Champagne should be frowned upon and avoided at all costs.

[before anyone starts - supermarket wine that can be opened using a screw cap is generally not fit to be drunk, and plastic corks taint more wine than decent cork oak ever did.]