Use of screwcaps (sometimes known as ‘Stelvin’, a type of screwcap first produced by Le Bouchage Mécanique in Chalon-sur-Saône, Burgundy, France) is today widespread and growing, especially for early drinking, white, non-premium or New World wines. Some countries (e. g.
Now I've seen my fair share of impractical wine opening tools, everything from exotic lever actions to the most expensive and sophisticated electronic corkscrews, most of which don't last a lick. Only last week I spotted a six piece wine gourmet kit in a shop, supposedly for 'professionals'.
All new customers of Curious Wines, and indeed readers of this blog from the start, will be well aware of our love of the humble but splendid Pulltap's corkscrew. I wrote an ode to the Pulltap's in December last, praising it's strength, reliability and most of all it's simplicity.
About ten years ago my wife was given a Pulltap’s waiter’s friend corkscrew by an old college friend who’d just started with one of the big drinks companies in Dublin.
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