How to Open a Wine Bottle with Your Shoe for the DIY Connoisseur

in Random | April 17th, 2012 14 Comments

The French know something about wine …. and apparently about how to open wine bottles too. No corkscrews needed. Just a shoe and a few delicate taps. For more culinary secrets, check out How to Peel a Head of Garlic in Less Than 10 Seconds, and How to Separate an Egg Yolk with a Plastic Bottle.  H/T @coudal.

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  1. blah says . . . | April 17, 2012 / 6:44 pm

    LOL..I’m gonna try it..

  2. Iason Ouabache says . . . | April 17, 2012 / 9:42 pm

    I think he is trolling us. Someone is going to bust a hole in their wall trying this out.

  3. The Sediment Blog says . . . | April 18, 2012 / 12:20 am

    Hmmm – tried it with a screwcap?

    http://sedimentblog.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/how-to-remove-screwcap.html

    The Sediment Blog

  4. Gary says . . . | April 18, 2012 / 3:35 am

    I wonder what type of footwear he’d recommend for a white wine? (En anglais, s’il vous plait?) ;-)

  5. PsychicSword says . . . | April 18, 2012 / 11:54 pm

    I think using the floor would work better. That way you know it is solid and there isnt a chance of wine getting everywhere.

  6. George says . . . | April 21, 2012 / 10:10 am

    How about the ceiling – just put your glass underneath!

  7. Leandro says . . . | August 25, 2012 / 6:09 pm

    HOORAY!

  8. blu enere says . . . | August 26, 2012 / 12:34 am

    This is wonderful every time I go to open a bottle I can’t fine my corkscrew!! Thank you I’m very greatful, : )

  9. blu energy says . . . | August 26, 2012 / 12:38 am

    Thank you, you don’t know how grateful. Nobody’s ever around when I need a corkscrew for my bottles of wine; .)

  10. Deanna says . . . | August 26, 2012 / 3:09 pm

    No way!!!! Have you tried it???? This seems crazy!

  11. Jeremy Slater-Brown says . . . | February 22, 2013 / 2:48 pm

    For heaven’s sake! If you did that with a decent wine, you’d have a glassful of lees!

  12. John Leigh says . . . | March 26, 2013 / 1:59 am

    I’d better not catch my butler opening the Margaux this way

  13. El Tiburón says . . . | March 26, 2013 / 2:11 am

    Ah, the kick-ass way to open a bottle of culture.

  14. Warren says . . . | March 26, 2013 / 8:16 am

    There’s nothing new in that: we did the same thing by banging a piece of 2×4 against the bottom of the bottle when I was at university, and that, trust me, was a long ol’ time ago …

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