According to wine legend, the cork is made from bark from the cork oak tree and was used first to seal wine bottles. It replaced wooden stoppers around 1670.
This breakthrough led to literally dozens more gadgets that can remove them from the bottles.
The corkscrew, one of many wine paraphernalia invented in the past three and a quarter centuries, is not only a way to
make it easier to enjoy a basic bottle of chardonnay zinfandel.
Corkscrews all work in the same manner, but the best corkscrews are those with hollow middles. These contraptions are designed to drive through cork, grab it from the inside, and allow the consumer to remove the cork. Teflon-coated …. are the best.
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