Nothing can stop the French from getting their wine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...ture=player_embedded

Bottle shock?

Where are his safety goggles?

At least he still had the comprehension, while clearly intoxicated, to protect the bottle with his shoe.
I'll remember this for such a potential predicament in the future.

Awesome! I'm giving it a try later on. Full report by this afternoon. (yes I have appropriate protective gear)

That was glorious. If you have Mollydooker, this technique also completes the "shake" while you open it.

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Originally posted by Keeno:
That was glorious. If you have Mollydooker, this technique also completes the "shake" while you open it.

Good point, but most of them are screw caps. Opening a 'Dooker like this would be impressive, on a lot of levels.

I keep a corkscrew in the glove compartment of my car, just in case I am caught without a wall.

I will admit that he has excellent ingenuity, especially in his condition, but IMO, one should never open a First Growth when that far gone!

Just tried it with a cheap Cali Cab blend. Not sure what all the foil and teeth action was for (undoubtedly trying to impress the girl in the green dress), but I peeled it off with my fingers, got an old leather shoe and gave it a go against a brick wall outside.

It took about ten good whacks before the cork budged, but once it did, another five got it 2/3 of the way out. The rest of it pulled out easily, and with a small pop. Voila!

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Originally posted by indybob:
Not sure what all the foil and teeth action was for (undoubtedly trying to impress the girl in the green dress)

I'm thinking it had more to do with the level of intoxication, indy

BTW: Thanks for TOFTT to validate the testing.
Well done!

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Originally posted by irwin:
I keep a corkscrew in the glove compartment of my car, just in case I am caught without a wall.

Classic!

Are those the new shiraz shoes?

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Originally posted by KSC02:

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Originally posted by indybob:
Not sure what all the foil and teeth action was for (undoubtedly trying to impress the girl in the green dress)

I'm thinking it had more to do with the level of intoxication, indy

He did look pretty bombed.

The foil with the teeth part is because this trick is usually a bar bet. "I bet I can get the cork out of this wine bottle by only touching it with my teeth....

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Originally posted by Vino-Ripper:
"I bet I can get the cork out of this wine bottle by only touching it with my teeth....

I sense an Office-like, "that's what she said" moment coming on...

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Originally posted by indybob:

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Originally posted by Keeno:
That was glorious. If you have Mollydooker, this technique also completes the "shake" while you open it.

Good point, but most of them are screw caps.

Very nice

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Originally posted by latour67:
I will admit that he has excellent ingenuity, especially in his condition, but IMO, one should never open a First Growth when that far gone!

That is the only time your inhibitions will be low enough to actually open it and share it!

Cool stuff. When I don't have an opener, I just use the end of a wood spoon or something and shove the cork into the bottle.

I've seen someone using a towel before, but the shoe is certainly very innovative and smart, for someone who couldn't even stand straight. 2 thumbs up.

Wood spoon, Screw driver, end of knife sharpener

Jeanne Moos at CNN did a story on this the other day which you can see HERE.

She and her producer could not replicate the feat (feet?!). Bad technique, methinks. And resorting to a phone book was probably too much cushioning.

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Originally posted by haggis:
Jeanne Moos at CNN did a story on this the other day which you can see HERE.

She and her producer could not replicate the feat (feet?!). Bad technique, methinks. And resorting to a phone book was probably too much cushioning.

Nice find! Those two are wusses.

latour67, my wife, and I were having dinner at some dive in some mediocre restaurant in Clearlake, CA called Howard's Grotto in August, 2003. The waitress broke the cork in latour's bottle of 2000 Spottswoode Sauvignon Blanc. The owner came over and beat the bottle down repeatedly on the counter to get the last piece out. The wine had a head on it.

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Originally posted by Board-O:
latour67, my wife, and I were having dinner at some dive in some mediocre restaurant in Clearlake, CA called Howard's Grotto in August, 2003. The waitress broke the cork in latour's bottle of 2000 Spottswoode Sauvignon Blanc. The owner came over and beat the bottle down repeatedly on the counter to get the last piece out. The wine had a head on it .

That's exactly what I found. Not like beer, but a little foam.

For all the scientists/lay scientists out there, why does this work? Is it simply the force of the wine inside sloshing against the cork? Or possibly through O2 coming out of suspension, creating positive vapor pressure?

I want to party with that guy.

You learn something new everyday.