No Corkscrew? No problem…

Nov 22 2009

Everyone has, at some point, found themselves with a bottle of wine and without a corkscrew. It’s one of the most trivial, but frustrating dilemmas out there. Once, I spent a good half hour in my London flat pushing a cork in with a butter knife, sometimes changing my mind and trying to pull it out. When the mission was finally accomplished, I was left with a rather corky wine and more stress than even the whole bottle would relieve.

But how often do you find yourself with a bottle of wine and no shoe around?  Unless you’re drinking a lot on the beach or you’re in need of a good life coach, your answer should be not very often.  And you shouldn’t be drinking from glass on the beach anyways.

If you have shoes, thanks to this genius, corkscrews are now obsolete.  You’ll also need a hard building.  No big deal.  There’s a Starbucks on every street corner.  Put them to use.

Now, I haven’t attempted replicating the feat accomplished here, and I don’t plan to.  There are very few things I fear in this world, but getting little red stains is one of them.  I’m timid just trying to swirl my wine, so I’m not banging any bottles against walls any time soon, even with the best Dr. Scholl’s insoles.  But don’t let me stop you.