Tue, April 18, 2017 at 8:16 PM UTC As long as wine has been packaged in glass bottles—since the 17th century, roughly—there have been tools designed for the safe removal of cork stoppers. Although ...

Wine spoils quickly if exposed to the air. It was not until the 18th century that glassblowers were able to make bottles with narrow necks that made airtight storage possible. The best seal for the ...

I love tools and have spent hours in hardware stores, flea markets, and antique shows contemplating their culture and evolution and respecting their singular purposes. The tool that I and my children ...

Perhaps you recently subscribed to a wine club, landed a job as a bartender or waiter, or just don’t want to always feel obligated to buy twist-off bottles or boxed wine to avoid using an opener.

Wine spoils quickly if exposed to the air. It was not until the 18th century that glass-blowers were able to make bottles with narrow necks that made airtight storage possible. The best seal for the ...

You’ll know you have levelled up as a wine geek when you bring a corkscrew with your bottle(s) to family gatherings. There is comfort in knowing you’ll have the right tool for the job and needn’t futz ...