red wine

Imagine this – you’re in the middle of a cosy dinner date in your home, and you’ve ordered a great bottle of wine from the best online wine shop you could find. Now, it’s time to pop the wine, and you realise there’s no corkscrew. It’s a familiar horror story, like going all the way to the store and realising you left your debit card.

Popping a wine bottle is traditionally done with a corkscrew, so it can be frazzling to imagine having to open one without it. However, there are quite a number of unconventional alternatives to corkscrews. So, if you’ve ever wondered how to open wine without a corkscrew, this article will highlight seven ingenious methods.

Note that these methods might be ineffective depending on the cork or bottle type. Accidents can occur using these methods if you are not extremely careful. Therefore, if you’re trying to open an exceptional wine, it might be worth the time and effort to get a new corkscrew. Alternatively, go through the methods in this article to figure out safer options for your wine.