You went all out. You cooked a homemade meal for your sweetheart. You set the table. The candles are lit. The bottle of wine is on ice (or champagne). You surprised your valentine with a romantic dinner at home. You grab the the to pour a glass and realize…um, how do I open this? Do we even have a corkscrew? I think I have one on my key chain, oh shoot no that’s right, it broke. You end up trying to pry it out with a knife or fork and it doesn’t go so well. Everything was perfect until now.
But it’s not Valentine’s day yet and you still have time. Let’s go ahead and get that wine bottle opener now. The X-Chef corkscrew set will be just what you need. Whether it’s dinner at home or a bottle of wine in your hotel room, it’s portable. It’s stainless steel so if you accidently drop drop it in the hot tub it’ll be ok. It also have a foil cutter for those stubborn bottle seals.
I’ve not used one quite like this before. It didn’t come with instructions but after playing around with it for a few minutes it’s actually pretty efficient. You see that stainless steel arm with the arrow on it on the right side of the picture above? Well after you get the corkscrew in the bottle of that stainless steel arm fits on the lip of the bottle. You then you use it like a lever to pull the cork out.
I just pulled it to the side where the lever is and the cork started sliding right out. This is a heavy duty corkscrew set. It’s not made cheap at all. Although surprisingly it’s only $3.99 on Amazon as an add-on item right now. Original price says $35.99. Not sure how long it will stay with the $3.99 price tag so you might want to grab it cheap while you can.
If you’re not sure if you have a wine bottle opener, don’t have a portable one, want to give one in addition to gifting a bottle of wine, this is a nice one to get. Made well, works well, affordable. Bam! You got this Valentine’s day thing down!
I received a sample product in order to complete an honest review. Any opinions expressed are my own.
