The wine opener for every wine lover.....
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 8:06 pm
To all
After many years this unusual wine opener has allowed me to open ANY old wine with ease, highly recommended
for that fragile or doubtful cork.
Have a search of the WEB for one, once you use one (very easy), you will always remember.
Regards Geoff
The Ah-So
An "Ah-So" cork puller
Have a look:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/91/Ah-so.png
This is a shaped like a large key with a squared oval handle about 5 cm × 8 cm, and two thin metal strips, approximately 10 cm long, 5 cm wide, and 0.5 cm thick, descending in tandem from the center of the handle.
The two strips are spread open and then wiggled into the space between the cork and the bottle on either side.
Once fully in place, a turn and pull of the handle causes friction to turn the cork and pull it out of the bottle. "Ah-so" is a translation of the German title, "Ach so!", an expression meaning roughly "Ah, I see."
It is named so because its appearance often baffles people, but when its use is demonstrated, they often exclaim "Ah! So that's how it works". The ah-so is useful in opening old bottles with brittle corks, because it does not puncture the cork, limiting the likelihood of a brittle cork crumbling into the wine.
After many years this unusual wine opener has allowed me to open ANY old wine with ease, highly recommended
for that fragile or doubtful cork.Have a search of the WEB for one, once you use one (very easy), you will always remember.
Regards Geoff
The Ah-So
An "Ah-So" cork puller
Have a look:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/91/Ah-so.png
This is a shaped like a large key with a squared oval handle about 5 cm × 8 cm, and two thin metal strips, approximately 10 cm long, 5 cm wide, and 0.5 cm thick, descending in tandem from the center of the handle.
The two strips are spread open and then wiggled into the space between the cork and the bottle on either side.
Once fully in place, a turn and pull of the handle causes friction to turn the cork and pull it out of the bottle. "Ah-so" is a translation of the German title, "Ach so!", an expression meaning roughly "Ah, I see."
It is named so because its appearance often baffles people, but when its use is demonstrated, they often exclaim "Ah! So that's how it works". The ah-so is useful in opening old bottles with brittle corks, because it does not puncture the cork, limiting the likelihood of a brittle cork crumbling into the wine.
