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Uncork a New Way To Open Wine
With The RIALTO!
"We lost our corkscrew and were compelled to live
on food and water for several days."
- W. C. Field
Many a dinner party or special occasion has been celebrated
with a bottle of fine, aged wine, but the corkscrew
can be almost as important as the wine selection itself.
Every wine lover has encountered a badly designed corkscrew
at one time or another. And we’ve all witnessed
someone struggling to open a bottle of wine with an
ineffective corkscrew. Drinking wine is one of life’s
greatest pleasures. Not being able to open a bottle
is one of life’s greatest frustrations.
So you might ask yourself, what corkscrew works best?
Can a corkscrew help in appreciating a wine? Does it
really make a difference what kind of corkscrew you
actually use?
First of all—let’s define what makes a good
corkscrew …
- Besides being able to remove the
cork, a good corkscrew should remove the cork cleanly,
not require a lot of physical effort, and should fit
all types of bottle necks. Some corkscrews are just
a real pain to operate and make it hard to get the cork
off the corkscrew.
- Secondly: A good corkscrew will not break the
cork or let it fall into the bottle of wine. A good
corkscrew does all the heavy pulling for you. All you
should have to do is use it properly.
- And lastly: No matter what, you are always better
off struggling with a corkscrew than drinking wine from
a twist-off cap.
There are many types of corkscrew designs to be found,
the most common of which has a spiral "worm"
that's twisted by one means or another into the cork
and used to pull it out. You'll also see some corkscrews
with a sharp knife for cutting the foil over the cork.
Each of the various "worm" designs uses either
leverage or torque to pry the cork forth from the bottle.
Two other corkscrew designs skip the "worm"
entirely--one utilizes the grip of two prongs to remove
the cork, while the "Swiss Corky" pumps air
into the bottle to push the cork out. But the most sought-after
style of corkscrew today is the RIALTO corkscrew.
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