For The Love Of Port

There are so many products out there. I tend to use different ones depending on the age and condition of the bottle. I use a waiter's friend, an Ah So, Screwpull and others.

I am curious as to what others use to extract new and old corks from Port bottles. Thanks.

I've had good luck the Rabbit. Perfect centering, precise leverage. I also use a waiters corkscrew and pull out the cork like a t-handle.

Lever pull, screwpull and waiter's friend on younger ones. Very cautious use of the screwpull with older ones (hey, it's all I got.)

R

I began with the normal waiters friend, then the Screwpull which i like better becaus it bends the cork less, and last time i used the Ah-So which was very nice except it rips on the sides of the cork.

I look forward to buing some tongs, but we'll see - hard to find them in Europe...

Waiters friend and Ah-so mostly, depending on the corks condition. And for those old corks that i know will not come out in one piece, and where I dont plan on keeping the bottle, the Tongs.

When at home, I always use a waiter's friend, which is all I have. For me this seems to work as good or better than anything else.

Jay

I must admit Roy I use the same method as you depending upon age

Ah-so for nearly everything. It's simple and effective. Some day I'd like to give port tongs a try though.

The Ah-so is my tool of choice. I have resorted to a waiter's friend on occasion or to get stubborn bits of broken cork that are still stuck in the neck out. I have a Screwpull which I sometimes use for normal bottles of wine, particularly the cheaper ones my wife enjoys which come with a majority of plastic-y fake corks. I have once resorted to the corkscrew on my swiss army knife (in a hotel room and it worked great), which is actually pretty flat instead of rounded and seems to be decent at getting into the cork without pushing it down.

Todd

Waiters friend, but if I feel the cork is soft and the interior is as risk of ripping out, I'll switch to the Ah-So. Since my trip to Gaia, however, I've been using the tongs as much as possible.

Thanks to this the Ah-So. Warning, however, don't let a relative try it for the first time in front of a group. Let's say plunge splash and a red face (and not due to port splashin up on him)

Right... and I forgot to include - I want a set of port tongs so I can try this out as soon as possible.

Todd

simon Lisle wrote:I must admit Roy I use the same method as you depending upon age

I agree.