McWilliams corkscrew - WARNING - nostalgia content

[RobK]

Going through my cupboard this arvo and re-discovered this nice old McWilliam's corkscrew and a cork from a fairly decent wine on the screw. I remember getting this corkscrew at one of my first jobs as a "wine waiter" at Baxter's Restaurant in Sandgate (Brisbane) around 1977. The corkscrew itself was celebrating "100 Years Centenary - 1877 - 1977". It is my first corkscrew with a fluted worm and still only one of several that I own that do.

[Mahmoud Ali]

Great looking corkscrew Rob, thanks for posting the picture.

What happened, the corkscrew was used on a "decent wine" and then retired?

Cheers......................Mahmoud.

[TiggerK]

Wow, that looks like a photo, amazing yet again Rob!!

[RobK]

Wow, that looks like a photo, amazing yet again Rob!!

Hehehehe it is a photo.

[RobK]

Great looking corkscrew Rob, thanks for posting the picture.

What happened, the corkscrew was used on a "decent wine" and then retired?

Cheers......................Mahmoud.

Dunno. I got it when I was around 19. Then it got packed away for many years. Then this guy I met on a forum not too dissimilar to this one and he ended up sending me three bottles of wine, one being the Pauliac. I don't know why I chose the McWilliam's corkscrew because I had a few to choose from. Perhaps because as a wine waiter I had opened a lot of bottles with it and felt comfortable with it. I opened the wine with a friend and put the corkscrew with the cork back into the cupboard until today. I love these emotional time capsules of life and the way they bring back memories.

[Bobthebuilder]

Wow, that looks like a photo, amazing yet again Rob!!

Hehehehe it is a photo.

Damn!
I was just getting the wow factor going before I read that!
So, time to get drawing eh????

[RobK]

Wow, that looks like a photo, amazing yet again Rob!!

Hehehehe it is a photo.

Damn!
I was just getting the wow factor going before I read that!
So, time to get drawing eh????

Hopefully my next painting will do the trick for you then. I have started one that's a lot about the corkscrew which is one of those chrome bench mounted models set in a Hong Kong wine bar and will have all the lighting reflections etc. So far it's not much to look at but ought to have some "wow factor" for you.

[rens]

Wow, that looks like a photo, amazing yet again Rob!!

Hehehehe it is a photo.

This wins post of the year.

[RobK]

[Mahmoud Ali]

... Then this guy I met on a forum not too dissimilar to this one and he ended up sending me three bottles of wine, one being the Paulliac...

Wine geek alert!

It's a Baron de Rothschilde wine but the cork is too short to be a Mouton-Rothschilde, and Mouton-Cadet is a Bordeaux Blend, so it must have been a standard Paulliac blend.

Okay, back to the real world.

Mahmoud.

[RobK]

... Then this guy I met on a forum not too dissimilar to this one and he ended up sending me three bottles of wine, one being the Paulliac...

Wine geek alert!

It's a Baron de Rothschilde wine but the cork is too short to be a Mouton-Rothschilde, and Mouton-Cadet is a Bordeaux Blend, so it must have been a standard Paulliac blend.

Okay, back to the real world.

Mahmoud.

Wine Geek Alert!!! That goes beyond mere "wine geek" I'm sorry.

You're insanely talented Mahmoud.