For the Lazy Wino
Now, my husband and I consume a fair amount of wine. I pretty much have a glass of wine each night after the kids go to bed because (a) I like wine; (b) I like wine; and (c) I like wine. Oh, and did I mention that I like wine?
Over the years, we’ve had a number of different contraptions that open wine bottles. All sufficient. For awhile, we were avid supporters of the Cork Pops (see here) but started to get frustrated because it often let us down when there was a synthetic cork in the mix.
Then, a couple of years ago, my mom got us one of these Oster Electric Wine Bottle Openers (link here) for Christmas. At first, we were skeptical. It seemed too good to be true (an electric wine opener?!?!? no muscle required?!?!). And we anticipated that we’d have problems with synthetic corks similar to what we encountered with the Cork Pops. But, you know what? A couple of years later, and countless (I really mean COUNTLESS) bottles of wine, we’ve never had a problem.
You put it over the top of the wine bottle, you lightly push a button (no brawn or brute force needed), and the corkscrew comes down and twists itself into the cork, and then pulls the cork out of the bottle. You push the (same) button a different way and it spits the cork back out so you can inspect it (if you’re one of “those people”) or just toss it (if you think “those people” are a bit pretentious). Amazingly simple and awesomely efficient.
And it comes with its very own little foil cutter, too. Bonus!
It doesn’t take up much counter space, although it does have to be near an outlet since it needs to be plugged in (being ELECTRIC and all, duh). I kinda wish the base had a little secret open storage area underneath, like some small appliances do, where you could fold away the excess cord. But you can’t win ‘em all, right? I just try to fold it up nicely behind the wine opener to keep it out of the way since I’m not a fan of cords all over my counters.
Anyway, for any aspiring lazy winos (current winos aspiring to be lazy, as well as those inidividuals aspiring from the outset to be both lazy and wino-esque), this is an awesome little gadget. Definitely one of our favorites.
(I’m linking up to Centsational Girl)
Very cool! This would be a really neat gift idea for my sis and her husband. They like to drink a glass or two with dinner. I like that it doesn’t take up a lot of space! Visiting from Centsational Girl’s gadget party. Hope you’ll stop by my blog too. :)
Thanks for stopping by. Yes, it would make a great gift for someone!
Hey! We have this. I am lame and never use it, though. I buy those individual size bottles of wine and they just have a screw cap. As the solo drinker in the house, I find it wastes less. But glad to know you are a fellow wino.
Heather
Winos unite!
I love this! I bought one for my husband 2 Christmases ago, and since then, so many visitors have commented on ours that we’ve given about 8 away as Christmas gifts, office gift swaps, and wedding shower gifts…I love this thing!
I know! A couple of visitors to our place ended up going out and buying their own after they witnessed ours in all of its glory. We definitely should start buying them as gifts for people, too. Great idea.
I’m visiting from Kate’s party. We have a similar wine opener by Waring we found at Costco while we were searching for a cork pops one. It was relatively cheap so we decided to give it a try, thinking it would tide us over until we found the cork pops. Two years later we are still using it and love it. :)
Not sure I’ve seen the Waring one. I’ll have to check it out. Thanks for stopping by.