Wingpete Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 I have seen, but forgotten, that there is a method of removing the remains of a broken wine bottle cork without contaminating the wine. Anyone care to remind me what that method is ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michele Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 Decant the wine into a sieve DRINK IT QUICKLY ...Sieve IT :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J9withdogs Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 Decant the wine and lay the bottle on its side overnight, with a small dish of cork food under the open mouth of the bottle :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BGD Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 Wingpete - 2007-09-07 12:20 PM I have seen, but forgotten, that there is a method of removing the remains of a broken wine bottle cork without contaminating the wine. Anyone care to remind me what that method is ? Here it is: the tried and tested remedy: 1. Take bottle in a firm grip with both hands. 2. Put bottle to lips. 3. Hold teeth clenched. 4. Invert bottle, and allow wine to sieve past teeth into mouth and thence glug on down throat. 5. When bottle is empty, remove from mouth and spit out pieces of cork. 6. Run round site naked singing " I'm a little fairy"; before collapsing in stupor into some complete strangers fold-up chair. (Works for me every time) (lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Parke Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 BGD Thanks for that. It made me laugh and as I'm working a 12 hour night shift I do not normally find much to laugh about!!!! :-D :-D :-D Regards, Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingpete Posted September 10, 2007 Author Share Posted September 10, 2007 Yeh ! OK very amusing. Michelle, how can I save it when passing through my sieve. It's got holes in it ! Laying it on its side will disturb the sediment of this 50 year old vintage. And I gave up naked fairy imitations when my girth expanded. I recall a method explianed a while back that involved the use of a piece of thin metal slid past the cork to ease it out without disturbing the contents and not breaking up the cork. Pity they didn't all use screw caps 50 yrs ago. :$ 8-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 Try a Google for remove broken cork. Lots of advice there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 I believe an apple core removing tool will do the trick. Never tried it, don't drink wine, Pussers Rum for me Please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel B Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 If the pieces or cork are actually sitting on the top of the wine you could try putting a straw into the bottle and sucking on a piece of cork and then gently pulling the straw out with the cork attached. You might, if you're not careful though, find that you suck out the wine and not the cork and I understand tha wine drunk through a straw is supposed to be much more potent ... something to do with the added 'air' that you suck up!!! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roverman Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 Enjoyed the joke answers a tip I got is to tie a knot in a piece of string,lower it into the bottle, tip the bottle pouring some wine into a glass as the cork floats gently pull the string out and the cork does come out. I have tried it and it does work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigal55 Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 Wingpete - 2007-09-10 8:21 AM Yeh ! OK very amusing. Michelle, how can I save it when passing through my sieve. It's got holes in it ! Laying it on its side will disturb the sediment of this 50 year old vintage. And I gave up naked fairy imitations when my girth expanded. I recall a method explianed a while back that involved the use of a piece of thin metal slid past the cork to ease it out without disturbing the contents and not breaking up the cork. Pity they didn't all use screw caps 50 yrs ago. :$ 8-)50yrs old, you,ve got some willpower :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Kirby Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 A "Screwpull" corkscrew is very good at extracting dodgy corks intact, and at retrieving bits of cork left behing by other corkscrews. Screwpulls are the ones with a continuous, teflon coated, screw that first penetrates right through the cork, and then lifts it out. There are copies around, but my experience is that the Screwpull has a finer gauge screw and a sharper point, so it is less inclined to detach bits of cork into the wine when it breaks through, and because of the finer screw, is less inclined to break soft corks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingpete Posted November 25, 2007 Author Share Posted November 25, 2007 Yes Alan, someone resisted the opening of this 50 yr old, but it was a present to me from an eminent Frenchwoman I know. And yes Brian, a decent old fashioned corkscrew still works best, The turns are made so as to grip on the pulling edges, so not spiltting the cork, BUT I had left my one in France at the time ! Now bought another one, so can open bottles correctly at home and elsewhere. :$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigal55 Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 wingpete did you manage to open the bottle ok and more importantly was it good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twooks Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 there is a type of opener - known as the butlers friend - two thin pieces of metal go in the bottle top either side of the cork - doesn't break the cork - can also be replaced - presumably after sampling the wine and replacing with cheaper - hence butlers friend - cannot be spotted BUT there is a knack to it - I used to be able to do it, in my misspent youth - but I can't for the life of me do it now!!! B-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingpete Posted November 27, 2007 Author Share Posted November 27, 2007 Hi bigal55. I had opened the bottle but part of the cork broke away and left me unable to pour, or recover the broken part, stuck in the lower part of the bottle neck. My concern was to avoid "corking" the contents by allowing the cork to fall into the wine. The answer I found, after a bit of searching for advice, here and elsewhere, was to use a fine needle syringe (medical type) which had been slightly modified by a little nick in the needle, to make a small barb. Carefully pushed into the cork, using very little pressure, the barb held sufficiently to enable the remainder to be extracted without further problems. The wine was magnificent. Have to go back to my friends who live in Aramits, near Pau for replenishment, but not of that vintage. It was the last bottle she had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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