Brucart Corkscrews

[stomachmonkey]

Anyone else have one of these.

Love mine.

Best corkscrew I've ever used, simply effortless

Very ingenious design.

You start with the handle closed, just place it on the bottle and start turning, the screw catches and pulls itself into the cork. When it bottoms out you flip up the handle and squeeze it a few times and the cork ratchets out.

[TerryH]

Corkscrew? Who need's a friggin corkscrew?

Our wine comes in a box with a built-in tap.

[Don Plumley]

For ease and speed, any of the variations (Screwpull/Rabbit) that look like this are great:



It's one motion to drive the coil into the cork, another to extract, then one more to eject.

But for elegance, Laguiole are hard to beat:

[JavaBrewer]

Originally Posted by Don Plumley

But for elegance, Laguiole are hard to beat:

The only way to open wine. Learn how to use it or drink beer...which can also be good.

[tchanson]

Leifheit makes a nice Design by FA Porsche corkscrew, part of a set of small kitchen tools.





I received one as a gift a few years ago, and its all I use now. Its a genuinely nice, simple and effective piece.







Tim

[Tishabet]

Originally Posted by dmoolenaar

The only way to open wine. Learn how to use it or drink beer...which can also be good.

I gave my wife a Laguiole corkscrew with a horn handle this past Christmas; It's getting plenty of use in our household

[126coupe]

Originally Posted by dmoolenaar

The only way to open wine. Learn how to use it or drink beer...which can also be good.

Agreed, why do you think every server in the world uses this type?
No need for that fancy crap.

[berettafan]

second the Rabbit. i thought it looked gimicky and can certainly work a waiters corkscrew just fine, but the Rabbit gives a perfect pull EVERY time.

i can not imagine anything doing a better/quicker job. i have the cork out with the rabbit before i have the foil cut with a waiters corkscrew.

bought mine for $10 (or was it $20?) at bed, bath & beyond.

[vash]

you know what? i agree with the simple things. i was given this cheapo simple CS, similar to the Laguiole posted above. cheap plastic version. i picked it up, sweet talking the wine shop lady in tuscany. i think she thought it was wierd how i was at her family's vineyard, and i found the wild pigs the most interesting. anyways, this CS has a double hinged part. you get two stages of leverage. a high torque starter portion and i high travel finishing portion. no cork can resist. i pop that thing into my pocket everytime i run off with a bottle of wine.

if i could find a fancier version with the double leverage, i would grab it.

[RallyJon]

Originally Posted by Don Plumley

For ease and speed, any of the variations (Screwpull/Rabbit) that look like this are great:

It's one motion to drive the coil into the cork, another to extract, then one more to eject.

But for elegance, Laguiole are hard to beat:

Wow, that's exactly what I was going to post. I had an original black nylon leverpull, but finally gave it up for a Laguiole Markus del Monego.

[tchanson]

Originally Posted by Minkoff

Agreed, why do you think every server in the world uses this type?

Convenience and size, not particularly because of utility. As a long ago ex server, it was (a) because its small size allowed you to carry it in your pocket and (b) it allowed you to open with one hand while holding the bottle in the other without ever placing it on the table before it was opened.

The fancy crap models beat the waiter style hands down in alignment of the corkscrew itself. No more danger of going in at a slightly off kilter angle and ending up with flecks of cork floating in the bottle and the first pour.








Tim

[scottmandue]

I can work a regular cork screw but got a rabbit because I am a gadget freak.

It works great on real cork BUT not so with the new plastic corks.

[lendaddy]

Yep, the rabbit is fantastic in it's speed and ease. If you're really trying to get bottles open it can't be beat. But it definitely doesn't impress the effete.

Not to worry though, we'll all be cracking selvin screw tops soon