When you have managed to pull out the cork stopper of a wine bottle, it is surely Uchiyama's cork stopper. There is a close relation between wine and Uchiyama's cork. Such Uchiyama will show you how to pull out wine bottle stoppers properly.

Remove a cap seal (package). Detach the package (called a cap seal) attached to the bottle head first. Since it is a package made of aluminum, take care not to break the finger. At this moment, it can be cut out smoothly if you use a device called a foil cutter. The foil cutter is an important device second to an opener when a wine bottle is opened. A colorful one is commercially marketed at \1,000 or so.

Next, selecting an opener. Varied shapes of openers are on the market in the world, and each of them is contrived so as to be able to pull a cork stopper out well. It is generally said that a lever-type opener like a sommelier knife helps you open a bottle more successfully than a T-shaped, low-priced opener. The sommelier knife is a combination of a knife to cut out a cap seal and a lever-type opener, and some are of professional spec which costs a few tens of thousands of yen for a high-priced one. How joyful it is to collect beautiful openers like decorations or find an easy-to-use one! The sommelier knife is a combination of a knife to cut out a cap seal and a lever-type opener, and some are of professional spec which costs a few tens of thousands of yen for a high-priced one. How joyful it is to collect beautiful openers like decorations or find an easy-to-use one!

(1) Stick the center of an opener into the center of cork. (2) Screw the opener to about two thirds of the cork taking care that the tip of the opener won't jut from the lower end of the cork. (3) When the opener stuck in the cork, pull the former upright to jut out the latter by about a third. Thereafter turn the opener twice or three times to stick it deep into the cork. (4) Pull the cork further, and when it juts out almost whole...... (5) Pull the cork out completely in a manner of twisting it slightly. How's the result? Could you pull it out smoothly? If you use Uchiyama's cork stopper, you could pull it out smoothly as it does not break halfway or collapse.