Tips For Uncorking A Bottle Of Wine

The question of “how to uncork a bottle of wine” may seem like a silly one if you are a regular wine drinker; after all, uncorking a bottle of wine is certainly not difficult, and if you do it often enough, it will seem as normal to you as just about anything else you do on a regular basis! But if wine drinking is not a regular activity for you, you may be at a loss as to exactly what you are supposed to do in order to uncork a bottle of wine; the good news, if you find yourself in this position, is that uncorking a bottle of wine is really very easy!

You do not want to serve your wine at room temperature, which is the first thing you need to realize, as wine should be served chilled; put your wine in the refrigerator the night before you plan to serve it, as this will ensure that your wine will be at the temperature where you want it before it is time to bring it out.

In order to open a bottle of wine, you will need to have a good corkscrew – and the good news is that a corkscrew is both inexpensive and easy to find; pierce the top of the cork with the point of the corkscrew, and then twist the corkscrew so that it “screws into” the cork. Once you have done this, you can flip down the “claw” on the corkscrew so that it is grabbing onto the lip of the wine bottle, and you will be able to pull upward on the cork until it comes free from the bottle itself.

When you are pulling the cork up, you will want to be careful that you do not pull too quickly, as this may cause the cork to break, or it may cause pieces of the cork to fall down into the wine; instead, you will want to pull up on the cork with a slow, steady, back and forth motion, and this will free the cork from the bottle with no problems at all – at which point you will be ready to serve the wine to yourself and your guests, and all of you will be ready to enjoy!