hahaha, been there and done that too

Cheers!

Hold a pillow against a tree at about shoulder height. Hit the bottom of the bottle against the pillow squarely and hard repeatedly. The cork will begin to come out and eventually you can grab it and pull it out with your fingers.

You're welcome.

For both the intended drinker and the bottle. I did this a number of times and it always worked. It's much less dangerous than using tools. I learned the trick from my first father-in-law many years ago.

seven years.

I also had similar experience. No corkscrew but lots of tools. It was actually fairly simple solution. A big wood screw into the cork and a pliers to pull out. Took some muscling but it worked!

Basically it is his only real job.

We could get into all kinds of trouble... Must remove wine from the bottle! At all cost.

It comes with a pump.

Pretty impressive. Imagine a winedrinker who has a bike-tire pump, but no corkscrew.

To get the cork out of your Friday Merlot? Just pour it through.

But I don't think cork dust will impact the taste of the merlot since the cork has been IN the merlot the whole time. My two cents.

Needle nose vice grips. They can be used in so many ways. You can manipulate them bit by bit and get the tiny nose into places, while having the vice grip power to grasp. I never opened a wine bottle with them, but they are a go to tool.

clamp on to about 4-5 at a time and give a quick yank.

I was not drunk enough to try it.

And the initial prospect of GLASS in the consumable product put me off. But then seeing it put me off even more!1

Just thought I'd do a half glass this night and do the main thing tomorrow for SNL.

But first the cork thing took some time before there was readiness for the liquid.

And then keeping up with the suggestions led to refill after refill.

************SO now, almost MOST of the bottle is gone (no cork dust to speak of), and (here's the ODD part) I've seemed to get soberer and soberer - the UPDATE being: Less and less fun - although the acridity of the taste has lessened by the drink!1 Nighty nite!1

use a stick( diameter a little smaller than the bottle top) to push the cork (or whats left of it) down into the bottle.

"so easy, a caveman could do it"

Wine will still pour out just fine as long as you free it from the neck.

Yeah, you'll maybe get some cork crumbles in your wine, but ... so did this method.

Easy peasy.

The downside to this solution: You are then committed to drink the whole bottle, as you can't re-use the cork.

Or maybe that's an upside.

Cheers!

Even the higher priced bottles of Mogen David and Manischewitz have screw caps.

It's a mushroom shape cork. If you don't want to drink the whole bottle, you will need a separate implement to seal the bottle back up.

For me, it's worth it. I've never got a corkscrew to work properly in my life.

way back in 2001. It's one of those rare albums in which almost every song is good.

it get's personal does't it? It's you against the cork.
From the pictures, it's going to end w the vino out of the bottle somehow, just a matter of how.

there is a serious hazard potential of all sorts.

... took a screw out of a door hinge, screwed it into the cork, and yanked it out with the pliers.

then later the tiniest cut is a wailing situation for me!1

Why I always buy screw tops!