I had the same experience – it is very frustrated on unable to open a wine bottle because you do not have a bottle opener around. Fear no more – here is a hack from Kitten who can open a wine bottle without a bottle opener. You will need couple of hardware – a screw, a screw driver and a pair of pliers:
… Screw the screw driver into the cork, so that it’s at least 3/4th of the way in. Hold bottle with feet, or have second person hold it. Tug on screw with plyers. It takes some effort, but less than going to the store late at night when you just want a simple glass of wine.
Good thinking! Thanks kellenheller for the news!
How to Open a Wine Bottle Without a Bottle Opener – [Kitten's Box]
1. Cram the cork down into the bottle with your thumb.
2. Live dangerously and drink the whole bottle – it begins to degrade as soon as fresh air hits it anyway.
No additional hardware required.
If you don’t have a wine opener you probably don’t have a screw or screwdriver either. Here’s a “camping” solution to the same problem that you’ll probably always be able to find the equipment for:
Find a stick. It needs to be fairly sturdy and able to fit inside the neck of the bottle.
Hold the stick in a standing position on the ground.
Place the wine bottle upside down on top of the stick.
Slowly push the wine bottle down onto the stick.
The cork will be pushed inside the bottle.
You’ll may lose a little bit of wine, but not much. You can turn the bottle upright just before the cork is pushed entirely into the bottle and finish the job to avoid spilling the wine.
The wine pours just fine, even with the cork inside the bottle.
Push the cork into the bottle. Take a piece of string and push a loop into the neck of the bottle, keeping hold of the two ends. Tip the bottle a little and pull the string and jiggle until the loop of string is under the cork, which can then be pulled upwards back into the neck of the bottle and then out.
When pushing the cork into the bottle, often it is difficult to pour as the cork floats blocking the pour. Instead use a clean pocket knife or other small metal object to peirce the cork and push it into the bottle. The pocket knife will hold the cork on the bottom of the bottle, thus making for clean pours.
When your done with the wine break the bottle to retrieve your knife (though you might want to wait till morning if your happily drunk.
For patient people, I’ve also heard another way.
You need a tree.
Turn the bottle upside down and “lightly” hit the bottom of the bottle against the tree bark. After a few hundred taps, the momentum from the wine inside the bottle will slowly push the cork out.
Here is a common trick in Switzerland:
Push the cork into the bottle, slow pour for the first glass, when the cork floats under the neck of the bottle, swirl the bottle a bit to make the cork spins then begin poring as normal while the cork is still in motion. The cork will folat to the top of the liquid, hence the bottom of the bottle.
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break the bottle. dont drink glass.
alright thanks for the tips everyone and i just had to add the fact that to invest in this little gadget that can help how ever you chose your bottle, its like a cap for wine you pop it on and the top is a pour spoute and twist to close and open pretty nifty and will eliminate the horrble cork clogging pour
thanks much. really does work. try a screw with a loop at the end, much easier.
thanks
smash the top,.. pour into vessel
we have tried the screw thing, we have tried greasing up the bottle. we tried a screw driver (both kinds), we have nail clippers and a knife,a hammer, and scissors. there is actually glass chips in my key board right now from the top of the bottle and the cork is still in tact. i dont think the wine is safe to drink anymore but we may be here a while because we wont rest until we defeat the cork. but i think the real problem is that it is a cheap bottle of wine and the cork is actually foam. does anyone have any advice on foam corks?
I just found myself with a composite cork as well. It basically fell to pieces upon any type of prying, so I sucked it up and pushed the whole thing in.
Are we still living in stone age?
This one is fun, but you don’t really want to do it with nice wine.
You need a tree, although this is faster than the previous one.
Hold the bottle horizontally to the tree, and hit the back end against it reasonably hard. It may take a while to loosen the cork, but once the cork gets going, it goes. To avoid wine spillage, try watching the cork and pulling it out with your hands before it pops off.
balls
nothing works besides a cork screw
f you guys
you aint know nothing
took a few screws; the first one pulled out, leaving a gaping hole in the cork. Next I put two longer wood screws on either side of the first hole, and using a claw hammer (the pull-end obviously) pried the edges up, pulling on each screw head a bit at a time. Once it was up part way, I was able to pull the whole thing straight up.
We’re moving. Cork screw missing. Tools still available. *phew*
THiS IS S0 LAME! WE CANT OPEN THE WiNE B0TTLE CUZ THE C0RK SCREW BR0KE.. AND N0W THE C0RK IS STUCK.. 0H YEAH AND YALL’S TiPS F0R 0PENING A B0TTLE WiTH0UT A C0RK SCREW ARE WHACK!! EHH.. I JUST WANT S0ME FREAKiNG WiNE CUZ ITS NEW YEARS DAMMMN IT!!! =/
ok if pushing cork in do not have face over top of bottle. i got my face sprayed with wine and eyes burn like a b***h.
My friend ‘Crazy Joe’ has the perfect way to open any wine bottle without a corkscrew.
All you need is a sword
Simply use the sword to strike the bottle just under the cork, done correctly it will create a clean shear that leaves no glass shards and has the bottle opened in a fraction of a second.
Oh baby.
Do not try to push the cork through. It will make the bottle explode and the glass shatters…just a heads up!
Well all you need is
-A 1′ – 1′ 1/2 screw
-Screw Driver
-Hammer or plier
-A bottle of wine
Screw the screw into the cork preferably a little off centered then get the end of a hammer or a plier and pull it just enough not to break the cork. Then bite on the cork and pull out gently. Do not bite too hard or else the cork will break at the bite point and you’ll have to repeat this whole process over.
This does not apply to screw off cap bottles.
two 1″woodscrews screws into cork take pliers squeeze screws together push push the handle and pry the cork out by pushin down onto bottle don’t push to hard at once. screw screws in enough to allow room for pliers underneath
the screw heads nails don’t work worth a dick
These people are all stupid. There is a very, very simple way to do this without loosing any wine.
Just take a small, sharp knife (a pocket knife works perfectly) and push it down into the cork at least halfway. Once it’s lodged into the cork fairly well, begin twisting the knife, turning the cork along with it while pulling upwards. Keep turning while pulling and the cork should slide right out.
here is a tip that requires nothing but a steak knife. push the knife into the cork until it goes through and the knife blade wont snap off as you twist. now rotate the knife so the cork spins with the knife, now as your turning the knife pull the cork out with the knife, hey presto, knife + bottle= one happy booze hound
So after reading all of these me and my wife came up with taking one of those hook hangy things from your ceiling if you have them and use that to screw into the cork,… then use anything long, skinny and straight, such as a screw driver and put it under the hook to pull the cork out with the hook. it works just as fast as a real opener!
duuuude…. im bloody astonished no1 knows bout the most simple way of uncorking a wine bottle!
tak a syringe, fill it with air, insert the needle all the way into the cork and ejaculate d air iside the bottle. now just pull the needle back out and the cork will come along. SIMPLE!
I don’t think you know the meaning of the word “ejaculate”.
Thanks to the people that told me to push the cork in. I now have wine ALL over my kitchen. On my ceiling, too.
I should have done it the Mexican way: broken into my neighbor’s house and stolen her wine opener.
use a metal steak knife to screw a screw into the cork until it is half an inch sticking out..then insert the screw into the center of a fork and pry the cork out(push down on the handle of the fork..when the cork comes out a bit..twist the cork with one hand while prying with the other hand..either have someone hold down the bottle while doing this..or use your feet..this method keeps the cork in one piece so you can twist it back in and close the bottle..
I heard about this one and didnt believe it at first, but it really works. all you need is blu tac, baking soda, vinegar and a knife with a thin blade.
make a small hole in the cork, just big enough to compact a small amount of baking soda, cover the soda with vinegar then cover the hole with the blu-tac. in about one minute the whole cork just pops out and the wine is untouched. easy.
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You’ve got a glass, right? Go to Youtube and do a search for “Fast ChampagneOpening”. I’d link to it, but the page thinks I’m spamming.
Just get vodka
ladies use your mascara. comes in a cylindrical shaped thing. use it to push the cork down in to the bottle. its simpler than all these other suggestions…
Simply screwdrive a screw into the cork until its securely inside the cork. Then pry it out with a hammer or a pryer. Trust me it works!
Simply screwdrive a screw into the cork until its securely inside the cork. Then pry it out with a hammer or a pryer. Trust me it works!
okay, so here’s what I just did and it worked. I think someone else mentioned this too. First I took a knife and made a small hole by twisting it in circles. Then I took a screwdriver and scraped some of it out. I put it in the hole and hit it with my shoe. Yes, I actually did this. I didn’t think it would work but then the neck of the bottle got a big crack in it. I was able to pull half of the neck of the bottle off. Be careful not to cut yourself though, because I did (just a small cut). But it worked and no shards of glass got in the wine or anywhere else…it came off in one big chunk. Good luck.
The knife thing works. SERIOUSLY. just stick a knife in the cork and twist while pulling up. It takes a little bit of time, but it totally works.
The screw and pliers worked out for me. I had to do a little tugging but it finally came out. MMMMMM…. Wine
just take a pair of small hair Scissors push into cork and start turning and pulling at the same time!!!! works like a dream!! just opened 3 bottles!!!
Had no luck after all these comments however i must admit i found it very entertaining reading all these unusual ways to removing a cork! gave me some giggles! Currently have a hole through the cork and im making do with that! Drunky here i come! Thanks everyone!
The screw + pliers didn't work initially, but I screwed the wood screw in off center and screwed in a hook screw (small version of what you'd hang a plant on the ceiling with) on the adjacent side. Held the plier + screw with one hand and the hook screw with the other, worked.
A neighbor works best.
WORKS GREAT! THANKKKS!
I just bit the neck off the bottle.
it totally works! hint. use a fat long screw! wow!!!!
just push the cork into the bottle, but be CAREFUL about it! otherwise you will get wine everywhere!
After you screw is in don’t use plyers use a hammer the back end to pull shit out haha works and hold it tight or you’ll lose a small amount of wine