How to Open a Bottle of Wine

Wouldn’t life be infinitely more glamorous if we automatically knew how to correctly handle all things adult, like properly opening a bottle of vino?  We enlisted Master Sommelier (and the most inspiring wine expert we know) June Rodil, who is the Wine & Beverage Director at McGuire Moorman Hospitality, to give us a spill-proof, step-by-step introduction to this life skill that we should all master before our next dinner party.  How to Open a Bottle of Still Wine: 1. Remove the foil with the knife, the aptly named, “foil cutter” of your corkscrew. I recommend starting under the lowest lip of the bottle. 2.With your index finger on the worm (the actual “screw” part of the corkscrew), point it directly at the center of the cork and press inwards. 3. Screw the cork down until the last coil (don’t go past it; it’ll be difficult to get the right leverage if you do). Hook the lever or “bottle-opener” part ...read the rest of the story here

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