Leave the Cork on the Table
There is a romance to opening a bottle of wine with a cork .....I LOVE the efficiency of the screw top bottle and absolutely know there are some WONDERFUL wines in those bottles. There is nothing more fabulous then selecting a wine for the occasion whether coming home from work, having a dinner party or just having family and friends over to share an occasion or just to hangout. To me, it gives me pleasure as to what I select for each and every occasion. How do you open a bottle of wine? 1. Use a corkscrew with a knife 2. Score the seal just below the bump in the bottle at the top.......the tradition of this goes back when the seal was lead and hence when pouring wine you did not want the wine to be tainted or touch this lead seal ! 3. You place the screw in center of cork and twist, do not twist the bottle, place the lever on the edge of the bottle and pull................LOVE the sound of the pop when opening the bottle. 4. The cork is then presente...