Estate Wine Opener – Antique Bronze
Thursday, November 5th, 2009 at
9:21 pm
- Antique Bronze Estate Wine Opener
- ROGAR
This 19th century reproduction opens both standard and flanged bottles. The perfect gift. Antique Charm, Modern Technology. This ingenious 19th century American reproduction opens both standard and flanged bottles. It can clamp directly onto your table or countertop, opening your wine has never been easier – with one swing of the handle, the cork is penetrated and removed! To re-cork your wine, simply reverse the motion…. More >>
Estate Wine Opener – Antique Bronze
I have owned this amazing device for about 10 years and have opened hundreds of bottles of wine. Not only is it a great conversation piece, but this wine opener is, without question, absolutely the best for the job. The variety of cork removers that exist on this planet is truly amazing. Only two make sense to me: 1. The Butler’s Friend (two steel prongs -insert, twist, & pull), and 2., this one which requires fewer steps…you don’t have to remove the protective cork covering first. And, re-corking is just as easy…although I don’t recall ever actually using that feature. By all means, buy one! You’ll love it!
This expensive and attractive opener isn’t worth anything as it DOES NOT WORK to open wine bottles at all. The auger is wide and thick and cannot pierce the cork. Instead, the auger 90% of the time PUSHES the cork down into the bottle. It also takes a huge amount of effort to get the auger to work its way into the cork (or pushing down the cork). DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS OPENER! The company says it sells “hundreds” of these every year, but I wonder if anyone ever uses it! They will not refund your money as they don’t sell it directly…so you have to request a refund through the vendor you purchased it from. DON’T BUY AT ANY PRICE!!
I owned an Estate Wine Bottle Opener for about 20 years, during which time it successfully and easily opened many bottles of wine and was a beautiful conversation piece in my kitchen. A few weeks ago, after all that time, the auger snapped off. As I had been so satisfied with the previous model, I did not hesitate to purchase another. Now I am EXTREMELY disappointed!!! The previous reviewer is correct in that it more often than not forces the cork down into the bottle of wine!! It appears as if they have changed the design, especially of the auger. It seems too wide and flat on the end to smoothly pierce into the cork before the action of the mechanism pushes it down. Very sad that a quality product is not being produced anymore.