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Wine Hack: How to Get a Cork Out of a Wine Bottle

Over the course of his career as Sommelier at the famed Windows on the World and now as our Wine Director, Josh has opened thousands (millions?) of wine bottles. As a result he has experienced every snafu that can happen in opening wine. Maybe this one has happened to you? You twist the corkscrew in ever so carefully and then gah! The cork falls in. While touching the cork won’t actually harm the quality of your wine, it can be a real pain to try and pour with a cork stuck in a wine bottle. In this 1-minute video, Josh shows us an easy trick (wine hack) to solve the problem. Tune in!

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15 Comments

  1. James Yabe

    March 28, 2019 - 6:43 pm
    Reply

    That was great !!!

  2. Rob K.

    March 28, 2019 - 8:49 pm
    Reply

    Very useful trick. Rob

  3. Javier

    August 4, 2019 - 12:20 pm
    Reply

    👏👏👏👏👏

  4. Javier

    August 4, 2019 - 12:21 pm
    Reply

    The best tip ever!

  5. Jerry T.

    August 7, 2019 - 10:45 am
    Reply

    Best hack since opening wine without a corkscrew!!

  6. Willy

    August 25, 2019 - 8:53 am
    Reply

    Excellent tip, I wish I had known it before, i definitely will use it.

  7. dan

    September 23, 2019 - 4:42 pm
    Reply

    i love it, can’t wait to try it out. My problem is i don’t know how to tie good knot!!

  8. David

    November 18, 2019 - 9:56 pm
    Reply

    Great tip…loved it!

    Give us a demo on the best way to open a bottle with an old cork?

  9. Allan

    January 6, 2020 - 2:35 pm
    Reply

    Great solution for us amateurs. Thanks.

  10. Vic D Hubbard

    March 3, 2020 - 4:09 pm
    Reply

    Works great but with RED wine leaves my shoe string wet and discolored !

  11. john wilson

    April 12, 2020 - 4:48 am
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    You might want to try that wine before you get your shoestring wet. Frequently i find that if the cork is that willing to go south, it may have quit doing its main job awhile back 🙂

    ;

    • William H

      July 13, 2021 - 12:42 pm
      Reply

      John:
      I agree with that! I’ve experienced the same thing: cork went down into the bottle; wine had gone South. (Doesn’t mean I didn’t drink it.)
      Wm.H

  12. john intranuovo

    September 4, 2021 - 3:35 pm
    Reply

    How many times did it take u to do this?

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