How can you remove a plastic cork form a wine bottle?

Answer 1

If the cork has broken off and you can no longer reach it with your opener - one option is to push it into the bottle instead of trying to pull it out. You will want to use a sieve as you pour to catch any small pieces of cork - but this method usually works well.

Try this Foolproof method:

I screwed a 3" deck screw through the cork that was stuck down in the neck of the bottle. I then used a set of diagonal pliers to GENTLY pry up on the shank of the screw until it was flush with the top of the bottle. I then used a pair of needle nose pliers to form a bridge around the cork and continued to pry up with the diagonal pliers. In a short period of time, I had pulled the cork far enough out of the bottle to finish the job just pulling on the screw. This really does work and is much faster then it sounds

Answer 2

There are different types of wine cork that can get stuck with wine opener. The ways to remove the stuck wine cork from the wine opener depends on the type of wine cork. If you have a synthetic wine cork (those that looks like rubber), you can use a knife to cut around the wine opener to loosen the wine cork. You can also use a knife when loosening a natural cork and you can also try putting the wine cork under a running tap water from the faucet. This should help in loosening the cork from the wine opener.

To avoid having wine corks get stuck in your wine opener, use wine openers that have long and thin screw like the ones that Screwpull have. Try Screwpull Table Model Metal Trilogy wine opener which has a thin screw.

Answer 3

After removing the foil wrapper and wire enclosure, grasp the bottle in one hand, and the cork in the other hand hand. Grip tightly, and twist. Some people like to use a flat rubber disk to hold the cork, but I have never found this to be necessary. You see, as you keep trying, the warmer body temperature of the hand gripping the bottle will slightly raise the temperature of the contents, slightly increasing internal pressure. So hang on tight to that cork, and don't break any windows with it's release.

Answer 4

Assuming the bottle is empty, push a loop of strong twine into the bottle and turn the bottle upside down. The broken cork should fall into the neck of the bottle. Catch the cork with the loop, and pull out the broken cork. If the bottle is still full, it may be possible to fish the loop around the cork and pull it up. Personally, I would drink the wine first, and worry about the cork once I'd sobered up!

Answer 5

The same way you would remove a regular cork, with a corkscrew.

Answer 6

Loop a string into the bottle round the cork and pull out both.

Answer 7

Use a corkscrew.

Answer 8

Below is link to a related tutorial .