Opening a bottle of wine with corkscrew
Instructions:
1. Cut the foil off.
• Cut around the underside of the lip of the bottle to ensure no wine will touch the foil.
2. Unfold corkscrew and insert it into the cork.
• Position the tip of the corkscrew in the centre of the wine bottle's cork, push it in, and begin twisting. Keep twisting the corkscrew until you have only one twist left.
• Don't twist too far into the cork, or pieces from the bottom of the cork may get dislodged into the wine.
• If you don't twist far enough, the cork may break in two when you try to extract it.
3. Begin dislodging cork.
• Move the lever arm down toward the neck of the bottle. Set the first set of ridges at the bottom of the lever arm on the lip of the bottle. Push down on the lever so that the cork begins moving upward. If necessary, use the second set of ridges on the lever arm to continue dislodging the cork.
• Make sure you have a firm grip on the bottle, and that the lever arm is firmly in place, before you begin pulling up. Otherwise, the arm might slip.
• If the cork won't budge, you may not have screwed the corkscrew in far enough. Twist it until there is only one twist remaining before using the lever.
4. Remove the cork
• Pull up the handle of the sommelier knife's handle firmly. The cork should easily lift from the bottle with a slight pop.
• If the cork doesn't lift from the bottle, screw the corkscrew in deeper, lift the cork using the lever arm, and try pulling on the handle