How To Open Wine Like A Pro (Use A Wine Key) | Bon Appétit

Sommelier André Hueston Mack demonstrates the proper technique for opening bottles with a wine key.
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[@paulpaul4681]

Ive just been smashing bottles on my head until now. Thankyou

[@bengardiner7521]

👍🤣🤣

[@blackcloud415]

I always just threw them at my cat.

[@MOSIC-ZA]

Classy! 💪🏿

[@MadZMax]

😂😂🤣👌🏻

[@sleepyearth]

@@blackcloud415 Did you cat open it for you?

[@ellejendario97]

"you don't want any lead in your wine" Ancient Romans: what you mean, you don't like sweet wine?

[@DestructionOfRome]

40 year old ancient roman: The wine is supposed to be sweet?

[@Daveyjokes]

​@@DestructionOfRomethat comment has legs and a pleasant aroma

[@drowningin]

Chicago: nah weze likes the lead, it keeps us cultured

[@TQM]

Not the Romans still getting roasted a couple millennia later 😂

[@mags2226]

It's gotta be better than Franzia

[@piscinaiv7937]

and I've been brute forcing that f'n corkscrew this whole time. now I know what all the foldy bits are actually for

[@jaredpolec4384]

Exactly me

[@ADGaming-7619]

Same but I drank wine maby 2 times in my life lol

[@daisykel6072]

What haha

[@karohemd2426]

LOL

[@cobrajr188]

Actually though

[@bradleyakulov3618]

THAT. WAS. AMAZING. Saw my neighbor cutting the lawn this morning too. This day is really starting to be a treat.

[@andersanders47]

Bless 🙌

[@cgoody9913]

My mother taught me this at the age of 6. Shout out for my reviews.

[@arvansalim7323]

I finally learned how to use that tool that I’ve had in my drawer for a decade now

[@pampi129]

My favourite wine opener ❤

[@bgorski6937]

I worked at a wine bar and we sold retail as well. Our wine salesman was a wealth of knowledge. I was about 23 at the time, I’m 37 now. Anyways, that man taught me so much about wine and made me love wine. Best piece of advice he gave me is that the best bottles you’ll ever taste all cost less than $30. The people that buy these ridiculously priced bottles of wine are just suckers. Unless you truly know what you’re doing your best bet is always a cheaper bottle.

[@TheHBW44]

I think the sweet spot for value and taste/quality is £30 max. Saying that I recently was lucky to try some £70 ish ones and you could tell the difference, it was mind bogglingly good.

[@lightbearer1550]

The only issue for my workplace is since were a restaurant we mark up stuff almost 150% sometimes, we have bottle of vodka that we get wholesale for $27 per bottle and will sell the whole bottle for around $120

[@jonslg240]

You're a perfectly aged bottle of human imo 😂 Also, I bet $30 or less is correct. I bet there are a few that taste great, the rest is swill in a bottle and has the placebo effect making people think they're tasting money. The sad part is, they are tasting money.. and money flavored wine tastes like crap 🤣

[@Ducksoup67]

$30 in the store, but more around $70-$100 in a nice restaurant.

[@KayKay114]

The best bottle of wine I ever had was a cheap one, of course that taste never came again when I bought more 😒

[@maximilian9295]

Ha. I've been screwing it in and then pulling straight out really hard, I usually give up and leave it half open.

[@YeahBass3k]

Wow ok Forest

[@cereal-killer4455]

Bro same! I didn’t know you could use those side things to remove the cork gracefully. I always pull it hard and hope to catch it at the last moment. It’s 50:50 if I get it just right and not lose the bottle or end up spilling half the liquid

[@dibwav]

Me too 😂

[@Theffries]

@@cereal-killer4455after spilling some red wine all over my white sweater and the carpet last night, I can confidently say I’m only here because I got tired of brute forcing it 😂

[@mintedtoiletroll]

And here I was just chewing the ends of like The Grinch. I've learnt so much

[@bastienpabiot3678]

I'm french and i'm just astonished that this needs to be explained, here everyone, even kids, know how to do this

[@Frybynight7]

This was timed perfectly for me, as I was just given a bar tools set with one of these in it!

[@RevengeAvenger]

As a career bartender/ Server. I wish you the most of money. (I'm only watching this because it's in my endless scrolling of shorts) A word of advice. If you avoid house politics and stay your lane. Always smile and don't! Don't go to every party you're invited to. (House politics begin at party time) if you remain a floating butterfly you get treated as such. No one wants to swat a butterfly. You spread your dollar 💵 sized wings and fly!!!

[@_apple_juice_]

Ok, my grandpa had one of those laying around and I knew it was for openning a vine bottle because of the screw but I never knew what that small blade and that metal thingy on the other side was for. It's nice finding that out after all those years.

[@unbearifiedbear1885]

_"we don't want any lead in our wine"_ *Wine Glasses:* Lead Crystal

[@cr4zyj4ck]

Lead crystal doesn't leach lead into the drinks though.

[@St8Genesis]

@@cr4zyj4ck tf, yea it absolutely does.

[@jacob9540]

Most crystal glasses today are lead-free due to public concern. But it wouldn’t matter, as wine does not sit in a glass long enough for lead to leach. This would only pose a health risk if you are storing liquid in a vintage leaded-crystal container for weeks or months.

[@bored4428]

@@cr4zyj4ck Why even risk it?

[@xhivo97]

@@St8Genesis It does a little bit, it leaches more if unused but if it sits in water for awhile or gets used regularly it doesn't. I think regardless they're pretty safe, but personally I still would just avoid.

[@ratzebones]

Aaah never knew there was a second lever/notch on the corn screw - thank you 🙌

[@NateBee]

@Brent Smith exactly. Always buy the hinged ones. I have no idea why they even sell the ones that don’t have it.

[@AlexeiArntzen]

Pulltaps brand is the original one of these and the best. Everything else is a knockoff but if it's similar enough, then it still works nearly as well

[@AcornFox]

@Brent Smith same. super compact and does beer and wine bottles the fastest

[@hyperrat12]

​@@NateBee it's because the old ones didn't have the first notch only the second notch so you would pull the entire cork out at once rather than pushing it back down and going up again.

[@alphenhousplaysgames4565]

i would also like to screw corns.

[@3pleblow]

I got a dozen of these, finally I know how to use it thanks.

[@emphasis_jane]

I never knew it was this easy always thought it complex anytime i see that screw thanks alot

[@cheekyphuzz_thegod8558]

Thanks bro, worked exactly as shown

[@kurlykaitlyn]

I really don’t like you for making this look so easy. Thanks for the tutorial ❤️

[@charliebrown5299]

This is the first time I have ever understood how to open a wine bottle with one of those. Thank you.

[@warrenb8228]

I’ve looked all over this box and couldn’t find any of those parts. Whatever, I found the opening and now am drunk.

[@wolfdreamer9]

Total noob who hates wine but now needs a bottle for a recipe. Realized I actually didn’t know how to correctly open a bottle. Thank you for this!!

[@jamesnolan7091]

Never new this always wondered what it was for thank you

[@Bobg425]

Ive had the same 'waiters friend' for 25yrs.

[@tyoef]

The chill version of the cigar guy lol

[@pmack4414]

Really like the button up shirt

[@WILDWILLXD]

Hands down, my favorite bottle opener. I carry it more places than my heart medication.

[@RoninXDarknight]

Isn't wine just a type of heart medication?

[@bluemike807]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing.

[@sanjeebshrestha1579]

Thank you, Sir…henceforth no more wrestling with the feisty wine bottle! 😂👍🏽❤️🙏🏾🇳🇵

[@aichan95]

Thank youuuu~🎉

[@chriswright2250]

Valuable information!

[@squelchychicken3075]

Thanks, working at a hotel at the moment and the first time i tried this at a table in front of customers was so embarrassing. Tougher than i expected

[@spamham897]

This popping on my feed before Christmas seems strategic… 😂 thank though lol

[@XEZGOLDZ]

This guy’s passion for wine is very acidic with a hint of cedar notes on the back of your pallet. 💯💯

[@ntw8357]

So smooth

[@AM2PMReviews]

Me: it’s a corkscrew Som: it’s a helix

[@bigbrother9531]

Finally something usefully learned.

[@antonkravets5026]

Wow. Wouldn’t figure it out without that one

[@2000Joey]

Thank you thank you thank you

[@zuictoretzotomoto]

I feel like I know this since I have consciousness. So much bottle of wine open arround me. Thanks France.

[@TheJayajith]

How many times did you watch this Me : Yes !

[@switchblade9141]

so many fancy terms to make this seem fancier than just opening a bottle of wine

[@sergiosm393]

I worked at a hotel for 5 yrs, and we would always hand these out to guests whenever they asked for a wine opener. I never figured out how they even worked until today. I never had to use one cuz we had an electric one, so thank you for this vid

[@PixieePinkk]

Thank you!!!

[@bbrooks614]

This video was life changing! I just opened my bottle of moscato like a pro. Cheers🥂

[@googo151]

SMOOTH!

[@echoptic775]

Good job of explaining to every 5 year old kid how to open a wine bottle, since i dont know who else needed a video to do this

[@SimulatedChicken]

Omfg this is absolutely mind-blowing and life changing. Wow. Bravo, I smell a Nobel prize for this. What an invention. You must've patented recently huh

[@kevincastaneda3142]

Wow this was quick, it usually takes me for "eever" to do it

[@Bryan_slick]

I know how to open wine now yay

[@tonygonzales726]

This is the best, most informative video yet!!!!! It has actually helped me in life.Thank you so very much!🎉❤

[@josephhurst4902]

This is actually helpful becaus quite a few of the Recent Generaions dont know how to use a Classic Cork Puller.

[@tbray]

i don't even drink wine and i knew these things . Have we really hit the end of the line when it comes to new/interesting content? Feels like it.

[@elaishh3533]

Learn something new everyday! Thanks 👍🏼

[@pingu770]

Perfect way to open a bottle of wine! 👏👏👏

[@nomvonglismerced4311]

i never knew! thanx

[@Allaboutwine]

yes. So bon appetit !!!

[@rdi2910]

Bruh finally i know how to use this correctly

[@mr.gamewatch8888]

Loll when you learn all the parts it’s like discovering a new way of life

[@ivankadump2539]

Wow can’t wait for how to open a packet of crisps next week!

[@domfella]

Most people don’t know this about wine bottles tho

[@cloudyshades8983]

@@domfella shouldn’t be drinking it then

[@domfella]

@@cloudyshades8983 why? Because they don’t know how to open it in a certain way?😂

[@ohhimark3691]

@@domfella how do they open them tho?

[@troll4fun]

I so needed this instructional video on how to open a bottle of wine. Thanks

[@AundreasJournal]

Love this kind of bottle opener. But I was cutting the foil all wrong. Learn something new every day.

[@myopenmind527]

My favourite type of bottle opener.

[@tmur7231]

Thanks! I really appreciate the content you provide.

[@mahoganynewton9710]

GREAT DIRECTIONS!! thanks ☺️

[@AngelZLopez]

Only thing: before fully removing the cork-untwist the screw and remove cork with hands not coming in contact with the bottom.

[@LyJim-zk2nl]

Was giving me hard times to Open,thanks

[@usscolumbia6149]

I worked at a winery and I will say without a doubt that these are the best bottle openers ever. You can open a bottle in 15 secs max with no issue

[@normalwhiteguy1555]

I learned this at like 8 years old, Italian moms. 😂

[@ginevragobbato604]

Same haha

[@cheistina]

Bravo 👌L'ho imparato anche io quando avevo 8 anni 😉

[@andrevitor.x]

Omg, I totally push it down to get the cork out, up makes much more sense HAHAHA

[@egorkarayani5410]

Always nice to have subtitles in the center of a screen

[@Andydandy7]

Andreeeeeee

[@oklino]

i cant believe there is a need for clips like these in this world...

[@optimize.]

Great info. Thank you Sir

[@generalph9400]

Perfection

[@masterjimmy7158]

They loved spiced lead wine ftw

[@Artickrill]

I usually pull the cork out as hard as I can. Didn't know I could use the metal part to pry it out.

[@mrEC]

Yep been opening wine like this for years, then someone gave me a compact cordless opener with a cutter. One press of button cork is removed effortlessly. Charges by USB. Never without it. Great gadget.

[@pablorocha4256]

I use to bartend and the easiest quickest way to remove the foil sleeve was to grab the whole sleeve with one hand, squeeze tight and spin the the bottle with other hand and off it comes. Then use the corkscrew to remove cork.

[@solsoly321]

Wow. I really learned something today 😂

[@liamlynch-bell802]

Former bartender here, on almost all bottles of wine you can simply pull the sleeve off by pulling straight up and save lots of time.

[@JoshwaLaw]

Thought this was gonna be a wine snob video... but I was wrong 😂 actually really helpful

[@MrKelsomatic]

Inserting the corkscrew off-center is an underrated tip. It feels intuitive to insert the tip of the corkscrew dead center, but the center of the corkscrew is actually in the middle of the spiral, not at the tip.

[@brendanmay9585]

Depends on your corkscrew. Good quality server corkscrews ensure the tip is in the center.

[@vergelvelasquez]

Morpheus loves his wines

[@westgarthwines]

Great share!

[@romirates]

Nice and fancy but I would always rely on the shoe taping technique followed by biting the cork out. Way more traditional here in France

[@roneilprasad]

Well. Then make a video to explain

[@Bordkant]

@@roneilprasad It sounds pretty self explanatory to me

[@stephanevautrin7317]

J'ai aucune idée de quoi tu parles là, tu l'ouvres avec tes pieds ta bouteille ? 😂

[@HITARIX]

I have always thought the last part was a bottle opener, because it fits, but okay, I have learned something new today :)

[@jungobango4815]

It's both, one side serves for the lever, the other is the bottle opener

[@watsda4119]

thank you, this helped me avoided bothering my roommate to open it for me :)

[@Marszczak]

So complicated but fortunately we have a MAN to EXPLAIN

[@alharrison1038]

The foil actually pulls right off

[@CorvoFG]

I was always taught the top lip. Today is the first time I’m hearing that was wrong!

[@ursulamannix2093]

Finally.

[@Tony-iu7sw]

Oddly satisfying

[@DaniilHomyak]

- “This is called a foil cutter” **me, opening close to 100% canned foods with it thinking it’s a small can opener** - Oh, that’s what it’s supposed to do!

[@SANDSCORCHER]

Nice action 😎👌🏻

[@deadNdivine12]

Now I know... Neat.

[@Rockanory247]

Helix 😂. Ok mr wine dispensing technician!

[@dustrider9306]

Whoa. So eye opening. That's why we have the internet...

[@e2zbasketball288]

Love you vibe so much god bless you

[@tony_potsandpans]

The actual screw part of the corkscrew is called a "worm". I've never heard someone call it a helix before