Does opening a wine bottle with a shoe work?

01 July 2010

Well, I tried opening a wine bottle with a shoe, as per the video on yesterday's blog, and, just my luck, I picked a Dolcetto with a really tightly fitting cork. After banging it numerous times against the garage wall, I got nowhere. Not one to give up, I thought maybe the concept would work if the cork hadn't been so exceptionally tight, so I loosened it with a corkscrew, reinserted it completely and tried again.

Amazing! With each bang, the cork came a little further out of the bottleneck until I could pull the rest out.

So we need more feedback - would it actually work with a slightly less tight cork or only if you release it first, which means it's absolutely no help at all?!

By the way, everyone I mentioned it to assumed one would use a stiletto rather than a brogue. Maybe they thought you prised the cork out - or, more likely, pushed it in - with the heel. Ooh, now that's an idea.

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