Ah So Prong Corkscrew

The two-prong cork pullers that are of great use when you're building cork trivets. The prongs do not put any holes or marks in the cork and cause the least chance of cork bits falling into the wine.

On the other hand, these prongs work well with newer corks, but are hard to use on older corks that are stuck in the bottle. If the prongs are not well oiled, This is a hobby of mine, great fun to remember your favorite bottles of wine and also have something useful to show for it.

Lots of us use corks for craft projects - it's hard to do that when you have screwholes down their middles! Sometimes, also, corks are so old and crumbly that putting a screw through it is very risky. It's always good to have an ah-so corkscrew around for those situations. These are simply two flat pieces of middle that you wiggle down either side of the cork. It gets a grip on the cork, and then you wiggle the cork back out of the bottle.

Monopol Chrome Corkscrew
You definitely don't want to get a flimsy ah-so. If you get those blades snapped in with the cork, you're pretty doomed. This one is good stainless steel, and still at a reasonable price.

Gold-Plated Ah-So Corkscrew
It's really not that much more to get a gold-plated version of the ah-so. This might be the route to go if the crumbling cork you're trying to extract is on a very special bottle.

Your Favorite Winery's Ah-So Corkscrew
If there's one thing nice about the ah-so, it's that just about every single winery on the planet has one made with their logo. Just visit your winery's website, and see if you can order a memento of the wine you love. Best of all, there are no shipping restrictions on corkscrews.

Corkscrew Reviews