Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Originally designed to pull unspent charges from muskets, the corkscrew went on to transform wine forever. “The invention of the ...

Learn the proper way to use a corkscrew to remove a wine cork smoothly while helping reduce the chance of breaking the cork.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you've ever been stuck using a bad corkscrew (ahem, every time I stay at an Airbnb), you soon realize just how essential a ...

The 1920s corkscrew was ­heavier—it was made of pleasingly solid steel, not plated ­metal—and he was gratified to find that it didn’t hurt to use it. Plus, it did a much better job of opening bottles.