What can you use instead of a wine bottle cork?

Answer 1

Just drink it all!

Many stores sell wine stoppers too.

I imagine that anything that would plug the bottle would do just fine. Make it air tight.

Or put it into some Tupperware!

Answer 2

Nearly every adult enjoys a nice, soothing glass of wine once in a while. However, nearly everyone also has the habit of losing things from time to time. Perhaps, you are throwing a party, but discover you can’t find a corkscrew in your house to open a bottle of wine with. Don’t worry. There are two methods for opening one without a corkscrew.

The tools you will need for the first method include a screw, a screw-driver, and a claw-hammer. First, stick the screw into the cork of the bottle. Now take the screw-driver and screw it in deeper into the cork, leaving about a half an inch of the screw sticking out.

The next step is to take the metal claw on the back of the hammer and push the screw back in-between the claw. Now gently, slowly, and carefully pull the cork out of the bottle by pulling the screw upwards with the claw while also performing a back and forth horizontal motion.

Alternatively, you may also find yourself in a situation where you do not have access to a hammer, screw, screw-driver, or similar tools. To use the second method, all you will need is a towel or some other kind of thick, soft fabric and a hard vertical surface, preferably a flat one like a wall. Wrap the fabric around the base of the wine bottle.

Now hold the bottle horizontally. Next, take the bottle, still wrapped in the thick cloth, and gently hit the base of the bottle against the hard vertical surface.

Keep repeating this step over and over. The movement of the wine inside will force the cork to slowly move out of the neck of the bottle. Eventually, the cork will move out far enough that you will be able to easily pull it out the rest of the way with your fingers.

With these two methods, you will find no matter the situation, whether you are panicked at a party due to a lost corkscrew or you are abandoned on a deserted island without tools, if you have a bottle of wine, you will be able to open it and enjoy.

Answer 3

Rubber "corks" are available which permit some of the air in the bottle to be pumped out by hand. This helps preserve the wine.

Answer 4

Yea you can.

No. they expand too much to fit into a still wine bottle.