For new wine lovers, a traditional waiter's key can look like a Swiss Army pocketknife of confusion. Wine Spectator makes it easy with this simple visual guide to using a corkscrew. And now that you ...

Is it possible to break a wine bottle using a waiter-style corkscrew? When corks are hard to pull, it can be unnerving to apply the necessary leverage to just part of the bottle's glass lip. —Brad, ...

Of course, this method is ideal; whether you’re working with a waiter’s corkscrew, a winged corkscrew, or an electric corkscrew, the tool has one job and that’s to remove the very thing that ...

A double-lever corkscrew, truly the waiter’s best friend. Photo: Flickr/Nigel Wade Sometimes I think about how crude silverware is – even the most modern, elegant Scandinavian-designed flatware.

Professional: Lorena Ascencios, wine buyer at Astor Wines & Spirits in Manhattan. Pro Tool: Waiter’s corkscrew. Why it’s a Pro Tool: “It kind of looks like a pocket knife, you can fit it in ...

Our wine columnist talked to sommeliers, winemakers and even a world-class corkscrew collector. These are the tools they recommend for elegant and efficient uncorking.