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  1. Once you've used it quite a bit and with practice , you can hold the bottle in one hand and with the other smoothly and quickly in one motion cut and remove the foil, screw the worm into the cork and lever the cork out of the bottle.

  2. That is the better product with the 2-step hook – most (POS) ones sold only have the 1-step hook. You have to grapple out the cork with hand and the metal corkscrew drill, potentially breaking the corkscrew drill or mangling the (wood or plastic) cork in the bottle neck. Once had a restaurant waitress open a bottle of wine – and broke the entire bottle neck trying to get the cork out – all over me, the table, and the prime rib steak meal. Do it RIGHT !!!

  3. It's much much easier to do this whilst standing with the bottle in hand, grasped firmly by the neck in the off hand. After cutting the foil around the lip use the knife to firmly scrape up and cleanly remove the foil cap. If the cork seems dry or you know it's an older bottle try not to penetrate completely through the cork. Remove cork slowly to prevent debris, and it is considered uncouth if you can hear the pop of the seal breaking. Use your serviette to wipe away any debris from the lip.

  4. I like to give the cork/bottle mouth a quick rinse under the faucet before completely removing the cork. That way I'm sure there are no glass chips or other contamination before I pour out the glorious elixer…
    Since I won't finish a bottle and am the only one at home that likes wine, I toss the cork and use one of the vacuum type closure systems to reseal the bottle…

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