Wonderful thing - a picnic: fresh air, delicious food, funny games, and wine to grab is not forgotten. Well, it's time to get a corkscrew? And how often do you happen that the whole company, having arrived to the place, sits over a bottle in thought about how to open a wine without a corkscrew? After all, here the task is similar to the sapper's work: one wrong move - and instead of fun you will get a broken bottle, a quarrel with reproaches and ruined plans for sally.
The best ways to open wine without a corkscrew
If the nearest store is far away and to buy the simplest cheap corkscrew is not possible, you will have to manage by your own resources, improvised means and, of course, savvy. Let's say at once: it's better to open wine without a corkscrew at home after you make sure that neighbors are not ready to lend you for a couple of minutes, because in such an initiative there is always a risk of breaking a bottle or pouring wine.
- Pushing the cork.
The first method that is worth trying out will require you to have strength and a delicate attitude to the wine bottle at the same time. The point is that instead of pulling the plug with a corkscrew push it inside, and what you do will not be so important. The experienced can fully open the bottle with a finger, without using any additional devices, although this depends heavily on how tightly the cork sits in the neck. People who do not have the heroic power, you should use, for example, a marker, hairpin or lipstick, if the case is strong enough. You can even use a stick: the main thing is that it should be clean, after all, when you push the cork, it can accidentally fall into wine or bring crumbling crust and earth into it.
Advice
Such manipulation is better not to be carried out by weight, while the cork is correctly pushed in slowly and cautiously, and not hammered: so you reduce the risk of the fallen bottom.
- Knockout of cork.
To get the cork out of the bottle, you need to have patience and a sense of proportion: if you try to open the wine in this way for a couple of strokes, then it may end with a broken bottle and wounds. Do not forget that you are dealing with glass! So, you can knock out the cork horizontally, for example, against a wall or tree trunk, or vertically - upside down, holding the bottle between your knees.
The second option is more suitable for the first two or three hits, otherwise you can skip the moment of uncorking the bottle and pour all the wine on the floor. Here you can hit with the palm of your hand, but a relatively heavy rubber sole or shoe sole is just perfect. Just do not overdo it. Catch the moment when the cork comes out to a sufficient length, and pull it out by hand.
The first method is better not to use without the props: you just need something to soften the blow and keep the bottle whole. Best suited is a kind of cushion from any fabric that you can find. Just in case the experiment fails, let it not be your favorite T-shirt or jeans, in which you still have to go home.
Board
And pushing, and knocking out the cork - it's clearly not one minute. To properly uncork the bottle in these ways, you need to act slowly and carefully, since any sharp impact can leave you with a handful of wet glass in your hands.
- Aids.
The first two ways seem too slow for you, and you would like to know how to open a bottle of wine without a spin, faster? Well, there are a lot of options, but this is just in case you have at least some tools and tools to replace the corkscrew.
Screw and pliers can replace a primitive corkscrew: simply screw in the screw and pull out the cork by pulling it with pliers. The main thing here is that the cork does not crumble, otherwise the fine dust will get into the wine, you will only have to press the cork, especially if the hole was through. A similar effect will be given by the use of nails: if you hammer into a stopper 4-5 pieces, and then pull for them a bifurcated side of the hammer, the plug will come out. Only hammer nails carefully! Well, in theory, on the same principle, you can use a knife or scissors, although these tools are not as good at coping with our task as screws or nails.
Even at home, you can pull out the cork with hot water: after the bottle lays a little in a container of hot water, the plug will come out almost without problems. But even here there is a risk that the bottle will burst, besides the wine will be warm and tasteless.
Advice
If you decide to open the bottle in a hussar - that is, beat off the neck with a knife - be ready to say goodbye to the wine. Even if you are lucky, and the bottle does not break completely, small glass shards in the drink with this method of uncorking are simply guaranteed.
If the corkscrew is still found
Surprisingly, the presence of a corkscrew does not always guarantee trouble-free opening of the bottle, although it seems that it's easier to do things. Correctly to open a bottle with the help of a corkscrew is really easy!
Cut the foil from the neck, place the corkscrew so that the side levers look down. Now twist the drill until there are a couple of turns, and the levers do not rise up. Accurate pressure on the levers - and the wine is open! With a normal corkscrew without a lever mechanism, you will have to exert a little physical effort, but the cork will yield, even if you do not have a weightlifting rank.
Advice
You can store wine after opening, but, naturally, it will affect its taste qualities. Best storage will carry young red wines: in a tightly closed transparent container in the refrigerator they can be safely stored for a couple of weeks.
Forgetting the corkscrew, you still have a chance to enjoy the wine you have bought, if you take advantage of one of our tips on how to open a bottle using improvised tools.
