Friends who are trying wine for the first time, after purchasing a cork-sealed wine, may encounter the following dilemma: how do we open it? To open a bottle of still wine sealed with a cork, a special corkscrew is required. Although there are many kinds of bottle openers, such as: T-shaped bottle opener, butterfly bottle opener and rabbit ear bottle opener, etc., the bottle openers suitable for Xiaobai are the hippocampus bottle opener and bottle opener. They are not only cost-effective, but also easy to use and carry. This article will teach you how to use the seahorse knife bottle opener to solve the problem of wine opening.
The seahorse knife bottle opener is the most commonly used bottle opener in daily life. It is named for its shape resembling a seahorse. It is small and practical, and is favored by professional sommeliers. This corkscrew is suitable for opening cork-sealed, younger wines.
(1) Wipe the wine bottle with a clean tablecloth or paper towel first;
(2) Open the knife built in the bottle opener, hold the bottle body in one hand and the knife in the other, and draw a half circle clockwise along the lower edge of the bottle lip (the annular raised part of the bottle mouth), and then cross it counterclockwise Another half circle to completely cut off the bottle seal (Tips: do not turn the bottle during cutting);
(3) Make a knife with the tip perpendicular to the incision and lift the bottle cap;
(4) Wipe the mouth of the bottle clean with a table cloth or paper towel;
(5) Insert the tip of the auger into the center of the cork at a 45-degree angle, and gradually rotate until it is upright;
(6) Slowly screw the auger into the cork in a clockwise direction, and stop rotating when about one ring of the exposed part of the auger remains;
(7) Hold the first-level card position closest to the cutter head to the bottle mouth, fix the card position with one hand, and hold the handle with the other hand and slowly lift it up until the cork cannot be moved up;
(8) Hold the secondary card position away from the cutter head to the bottle mouth, and repeat step (7);
(9) When the cork is about to be completely pulled out, stop pulling the handle, then hold the cork with your hand and shake it gently to take it out;
(10) Hold the cork with one hand and rotate the wine knife counterclockwise with the other hand until the cork is detached.
