How to Properly open a wine bottle

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[TheEducatedBarfly]

You guys are dragging me so hard for this video 😂 I guess people like to get really pedantic about opening wine bottles. So let me clarify. This video is just about how to simply use a wine key at home. Not how to use a wine key when opening a bottle at a three Michelin star restaurant for the president, not how professional Sommeliers open their wine and not proper technique for fine dining, I’ve never worked in fine dining because I was lucky enough to dodge that bullet in my career. I’ve seen a lot of people using a wine key badly, breaking corks and also forgoing the easiest way to get that dang bottle open and that’s what prompted this video 😂 and I don’t care what you say, those two armed wine openers are trash! That my friends is a hill I’ll die on. Anyway take what you will from the video. Open wine however you want, but here’s one good way and for those of you out there who are going to mention it…I DID CUT THE FOIL BELOW THE LIP OF THE BOTTLE!!!
Thanks. Rant over.

[conormurphy]

Thanks Leandro, I’ve been wildly smashing my wine bottles against counters and tables for years now as I wasn’t quite sure of the correct method. This vid should help 👍

[freezejr]

I've had one of these in my drawer for years and never knew how to use it until a friend showed me. while this video didn't teach *me*, I hope it teaches many others who think these waiter's wine keys are "too hard to use" how they actually work. cheers!

[carranzabigb]

Well I just realized I’ve been using a wine key so wrong all these years. I thought those grooves were beer bottle openers 🤣🤣🤣

[mariabfr]

In etiquette from what i learned working in the restaurant business, you dont pop the bouchon when opening the bottle you dont want to make a sound and the first step where you remove the foil you beed to go under the tip to make sure it won’t hurt anyone while pouring/holding the bottle

[mattigutt]

I tried the spiral thing with 2 arms for the first time recently. Took me a minute. Much prefer the proper tool you show in this video.

[goldn_jkr]

Hi Leandro, in fact, even in France (where I’m from) 95% of people don’t do it the right way, and you did the same 😂
The right way to cut the foil is to cut it UNDER that little « excess » of glass so the wine is not touching the metal and the drop is most likely to stop and don’t run all the way down on the label etc..
Besides that it’s perfect ! 😂 Even Magnifique was perfectly said ! 😍😂
And at least you have the right tool ! Ahaha
Love your videos keep killing it ! 🍸

[NumberButter]

Thank you for this, I was struggling opening my bottles as I mever grew up in a wine drinking household so I was never taught. Great vid’

[kevinfager.]

I bought an opener at BevMo for like $5. It has an interesting feature where it’s kind of like a knife sharpener that goes all around the circumference of the bottle and you just spin it to perfectly remove foil. Super easy.

[tiffanyhumphrey]

That's good for the beginning wine drinker but I was taught to cut foil at the bottom lip and put the key slightly off center as it will help prevent with break off in older bottles

[blakerobinson]

Why should we be opening wine this way? Is there any benefit to that over any other opener?

[moreme]

I have this actual device and I still struggled last night because I didn’t know how to use it. Thank You !

[stock_glock-]

Thank you man happened to have that exact tool in a kitchen drawer!!

[totuck]

The curls of the screw are usually sized so that you can hold the 2nd ridge against the lip of the bottle to align the tip of the screw with the exact center of the cork.

[jackiegarcia]

Wow how easy the other day I had a hard to open a wine but seen this video I will do it better next time

[s.k]

I heard you’re supposed to stop at the second to last coil, not sure why I guess to not risk going through all the way and dropping cork in the wine?

[keithedergaming]

Why should I use this instead of my fancy little arm crank doohicky

[MikeSiegert]

These basic wine keys are a million times easier and also more satisfying than the fancy contraptions.

[houstontexans]

I didn’t know the two ridges had a purpose. I always just used the bottom one. Cool!

[HakarisInfiniteVoid]

big shout out to this man's thank you easy peasy bro