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Dave Smith[_4_] Dave Smith[_4_] is offline
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Default Help: My corkscrew broke

" wrote:
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> I was opening a bottle of wine, and the corkscrew broke probably
> because the wine had "plastic" cork" instead of real cork. There is
> not time to run out and get a new one "Christmas eve", what are some
> suggestions to get the cork out?


You don't have more than one corkscrew in the house? Shame on you. Don't
blame the plastic cork. They come out just as easily as cork. It is
re-corking the bottle where they fall short. Try screwing a large screw
into the cork and pull it out with a pair of pliers.