In the complicated wine world, there are as many fine wines as stars, and even the tool used to open the bottle of fragrant wine, the bottle opener, is of various styles. Here is a brief introduction to several commonly used bottle openers and how to use them.

1. Spiral bottle opener

This is also a common bottle opener. His construction is quite simple, with only three parts: (1) the rotating handle, (2) the auger, and (3) the outer rotatable sleeve of the auger. Its bottle opening principle is different from the lever principle, which is to unscrew the bottle cork with the reverse twisting force of the human hand. The specific operations are:

1. Put the bottle opener in the middle of the bottle mouth to remove the bottle seal;

2. Use the handle on the top of the corkscrew to drill the screw plug clockwise into the inside of the cork. Be careful to keep the auger down vertically, and do not penetrate the cork;

3. Hold the rotary sleeve of the bottle opener by hand, and twist it in the opposite direction of the auger, that is, counterclockwise, until the cork is completely unscrewed.

2. Butterfly bottle opener

The butterfly-shaped corkscrew improves the disadvantage of the traditional corkscrew that it is more laborious to use. It uses the lever principle of physics to design a shape with arms, like a butterfly flapping its wings and dancing. It is not easy to use. strenuous. The specific operations are:

1. First, align the bottle opener with the center of the opened wine bottle;

2. Rotate the handle on the top of the corkscrew and drill the screw plug into the inside of the cork. Be careful to keep the auger down vertically and not to penetrate the cork. At this time, the handles on both sides will become more and more open due to the drilling of the auger;

3. Near the bottom of the cork, after the two wings of the bottle opener are opened, press down the two wings with both hands, and the cork will be opened.

3. Seahorse bottle opener

This is the most widely used corkscrew tool among wine professionals. It is compact, functional and easy to carry. Therefore, sommeliers in hotels, restaurants, and bars use this kind of corkscrew, so it has another name: "The Sommelier's Friend". The hippocampus knife has many functions and is made of high-quality stainless steel and medium carbon steel. Shaped like a seahorse.

1. When opening the wine bottle with a seahorse knife, first use a small serrated knife to cut the glue cap; then cut the wine glue cap flat.

2. Then screw the tip of the auger into the center of the cork; then upright the auger and slowly rotate it clockwise to drill into the cork.

3. Use the lever principle to hold the bottle mouth, lift the cork with the first level, and then lift the cork with the second level.