Fancy wine openers make great gifts for wine aficionados. It is a utilitarian gift that will not get stuffed in the kitchen drawer and forgotten. It is also an indispensable tool for getting to that lovely bouquet of your favourite wine. At the very least, it does a good job of cleanly removing the cork from a fine bottle of wine and lets you savour the delicious flavour.
So, how do you choose a fancy wine opener? What makes them different from the run-of-the-mill openers that all kitchens have but can never be found when you need them?
Before you actually begin the chosing process, you first need to short-list a few high-end openers. Here are some of them that you can choose from.
Code-38 Wine Knife: This wine opener comes all the way from Australia. The basic design of a regular Waiter’s Friend has been re engineered coming up with a fancy wine opener that is made from top-notch materials. It is sturdy, well-balanced and has a solid heft to remove the cork. It is a perfect blend of vaporized titanium-based finish and blasted texture-finish.
Laguiole Faux Horn Waiter Style Corkscrew: This wine opener makes the perfect collector’s item. It oozes of French craftsmanship and also offers superior performance. The stunning ivory pearlised handle is very elegant. It comes with its own leather pouch and a gift box made from beech wood. It can be easily washed in a dishwasher.
Screwpull LM-400 Lever Corkscrew: This is a Le Creuset wine opener that makes it easy to uncork wines. The lever has a satin chrome finish and can be used for both synthetic and natural cork. It comes in a black leather gift box and is designed to fit wine bottles of any size.
Below you can find both classic ideas and some fancy and antique ideas:
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