How to open a wine bottle without a corkscrew – you must be thinking it is a crazy question. However, there might be situations when you don’t have a corkscrew handy, but you have a new bottle of fine wine, which you desperately want to taste. There are several funny tricks for opening wine without corkscrew and most of them are collected from ardent wine lovers. I think, you can use any of these tricks, when you are really at a confused state about how to open a wine bottle without a corkscrew.

1. In this regard, the easiest option would be to push the cork inside the bottle with some strong and hard object. This could be the back of a spoon or a wooden ladle or even a pen. Use your full pressure to push the cork downwards inside the bottle, so that it floats on the wine. However, make sure to use a long sized spoon or ladle; otherwise it might also go inside the bottle along with the cork. While using a pen, you might tie a string on the other side for pulling it out from the bottle.
2. One of the funniest options of opening the cork of a wine bottle is by using a shoe. In this process, first you tear out the protective seal and then put the bottle in a shoe with thick sole in upward position. Now beat the shoe really hard on a solid surface, it could be a wall or floor by holding the bottle with one hand. The cork will slowly come out with the beating. When the majority part of the cork is out, you can simply pull this with your hand or teeth. In this process, there is a chance of spilling the wine, in case you don’t be careful at the end.
3. Another interesting way out is by using a tree. This trick can come handy in a picnic, where you forgot to carry the corkscrew. In this process, you should use a soft towel to cover the bottle. After removing the seal, thump the tree trunk with the end of the bottle. Don’t use extra pressure as the bottle might break. Slowly but steadily keep on thumping; the cork will gradually come out.
4. In absence of a corkscrew, you can use a long screw, a screwdriver and a hammer to open the bottle. This process follows the same principle of a corkscrew. Put the screw at the middle of the cork and with the screwdriver fix the screw inside the cork till half the length. Now use the back of the hammer to pull out the screw along with the cork.
5. Finally, I should suggest you another method of opening cork, with the help of regular kitchen items. Hold the bottle horizontally over the sink and with the help of a chef’s knife; slowly try to bring part of the cork out. In this way, if you can bring out even a little part of the cork, that will also work. Now keep the bottle on a surface. Hold the cork with one hand and with the other hand push a strong fork into the cork. But be cautious, while pushing the fork, the cork might get pushed again. To avoid this, you should hold the cork tightly. Now, move the fork along with the cork in a circular motion and slowly pull the cork upwards.

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