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"Michael Pronay" > wrote in message
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> ojunk (Bill Spohn) wrote:
>
> > I disagree - the Laguiole is a nice yuppie toy, but the Pulltap
> > is actually better for the purpose of pulling corks
>
> I beg to differ completely. I happen to open some 4000 bottles a
> year, and my last Laguiole survived for five years. I have yet to
> see *any* other brand with such a performance. We sometimes use
> give-away waiters friends - many do not even survive one larger
> tasting (~ 400 corks to pull).
>
> Not that I would put too much weight on that argument, but
> Laguiole is state of the art in any sommelier competion on this
> planet.
>
> M

I have to concur with you here. As a Sommelier who opens hundreds of
bottles a week I go nowhere without my Laguiole corkscrew.

There are a number of different producers that are permitted to use the
"bee" logo from the town or region that produces them and the good ones I've
seen have all been works of art. They really are the Rolls Royce of
corkscrews.

AndrewC