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Corkscrew and Wine Opener Reviews and Buying Guide:Whether you are going on a picnic or hosting a wine party at your house, having a wine opener is always an important accessory to own. They all do essentially the same thing - remove the cork from the wine bottle. Wine openers, or corkscrews, come in a variety of styles and some will perform better than others. There are Rabbit wine openers, screwpull wine openers, waiters wine openers, Rogar Estate wine openers, and Laguiole wine openers. The heavy duty wine openers you often see in restaurants are the German made Cedon bench-mounted wine bottle openers. They are sturdy and made for opening dozens of bottles in a given night. If you do lots of catering jobs, then having a portable Screwpull Level or a Swiftpull wine bottle opener will make your life much easier. For around your house, consider a Rabbit wine opener or perhaps even the latest electric wine openers that do it all for you.
The one interesting thing we noticed in fine restaurants worldwide is that waiters in those establishments are forced to open the bottle of wine right in front of you. Therefore, they are not able to use the more sophisticated wine openers. Waiters wine openers are simple, yet effective and are an indispensible tool for sommeliers and wine professionals. Many have built in foil-cutters and the openers are very efficient. The most popular waiters corkscrew are the Pulltap Wine Openers that offer a hinged 2-step system and feature a serrated knife blade, contoured steel handle, and teflon-coated spiral. Each one costs about $7. The main goal with any wine opener is to be able to get the cork out without it splitting or breaking up and either leaving remnants of cork inside the wine bottle or somehow forcing the cork back into the bottle. Too many times we see people with cheap wine openers trying to open wine bottles and they end up with broken corks that ruin the drinking experience. We decided to write this review on wine openers so that you can make an educated decision on the best in each category. We researched websites like Amazon.com for owners comments and visited Corkscrew.com and Napa-Wine-Openers.com to see the latest styles and see which ones are rated the highest and sell the best, and we looked at what we and our friends use. Please see the top choices from our findings below. If you are ready to buy online, we recommend Amazon.com. We are always impressed by their competitive prices (usually the lowest), fast shipping, and customer service -- plus almost everyone already shops with them and trusts them. You can browse their up-to-date list of best-selling screwpullers, corkscrews, and wine openers here Best Table Top Wine Opener - Buying A Nice Corkscrew as a Gift:Obviously, for basic use, most people already have a $5 corkscrew somewhere in the house. Moving up to a nicer wine opener is something people do for themselves if they are getting into wine, or when buying a gift for friends who enjoy wine. If you are wine afficionado and have a wine cellar or regularly keep 20+ bottles around your house, then consider a heavy duty wine opener like the Rogar Estate opener. Estate openers are the large clamp-looking things that sit on a counter and open bottles by gripping them in the clamp and pulling and releasing the lever handle -- it all happens in 2 smooth moves and you never have to worry about ruining or losing a cork. Rogar International makes the Estate wine opener as well as the vintage Champion openers. Both wine openers are able to open flange-top wine bottles and they can recork the bottle. The Rogar Estate is constructed of aluminum and is finished with a beautiful antique bronze look. The Rogar Champion wine openers are not only heavier but they are made with zinc alloy which makes them much stronger. They come in 3 finishes - silver, nickel, and antique pewter. The Rogar The Estate Wine Opener Set with Hardwood Handle & Table Stand ($135) is the most popular selling table top wine opener. The patented design makes it easy to open wine bottles on tables or countertops. Owners say the Rogar wine openers work effortlessly and they look nice in dining rooms. The added feature of recorking wine bottles is what users like as well. For an even more rugged wine opener, consider the Cedon Wine Openers that are bench-mounted and used in bars, wineries and restaurants. The nickel plated Cedon bench-mount opener sells for about $250 and attaches with a vise clamp and wing nut. You just press the handle down to insert the worm into the cork and lift the handle to remove the cork from the bottle. They work perfectly every time. You can browse and shop among all estate wine openers here .
Top Rated Electric Wine Opener:The Oster 4207 Electric Wine Opener ($30) is a new style of opener that opens bottles with a touch of a button. The opener sits in a sleek recharging base and the Oster can open up to 30 bottles when fully charged. You also get a foil cutter to remove seals and the cordless opener is mobile and convenient. It fits all wine bottles and opens them in seconds. Owners say the Oster electric wine opener is "fool proof" and "very reliable". Many reviewers received the electric wine opener as a gift and say it's a great addition to their wine accessory collections.
You may also want to consider additional wine accessories -- Wine Aerators
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. RECOMMENDED - BETTER: Of course there is always something a little nicer -- to move up a level, consider the 
. For around $80, this opener comes in an elegant black color with solid metal build, and operates in a similar fashion to the Rabbit. With a teflon coated corkscrew, it literally operates with almost no effort, and never a damaged cork. Users rave over it (perfect 5 star rating last time we checked) and we agree - great tool, great gift (
is your best bet. It won't make your wine taste better, but it is sure to impress your guests or the gift recipient who receives it. This is a professional model that comes with stopper, foil cutter, stand, and box. It is well-constructed and weighs nearly 2 pounds. It works like the other lever models above - grasp the bottle neck between the handles, push the lever up and back, and off comes the cork with no effort. This is a higher-end opener and it is not meant for those new, plastic, synthetic corks, only real corks, but someone using a nice opener like this probably doesn't spend $6 on a bottle of wine. 
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