The Coolest Way To Open A Bottle Of Wine
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- čas přidán 26. 09. 2013
- Jonathan Ross, a sommelier at Eleven Madison Park, is responsible for resurrecting the old world tradition of using heated tongs to open wine. Placing the red hot metal around the neck, it makes a clean break leaving the cork intact. The method originated in Portugal as an alternative to opening very old bottles of wine with corks that tended to crumble from age.
Watch to see how it works.
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It's like asking for a spoon and watch the waiter start forging metal
underrated comment
I’d pay to see that.
lol
best comment so far
@@jordang4884 the same reason you'd pay to see that, is the same reason people pay to see this.
I was waiting for the cork to rise slowly out the top of the bottle haha
Lmao same
Same
hahahaha me too xD
It’s clear that commenting while you have a check mark next to your name has become extremely popular. Just focus on your own videos for your ego boost.
@@sudopenguin ?
And if for some reason you find your hand sliced open by the bottle you have a handy pair of red hot tongs to stop the bleeding.
Also very entertaining for the guests.
A second cheese cloth can be added to separate the blood.
Red hot? He literally cools them down with ice cold water immediately
😂😂
If he wasn’t wearing a suit I would not get the same vibes
Take away the suit and it's just another day in the trailer park 🤣
What, you don't like your $1000/glass wine served to you by a toothless georgian wearing a wife beater, cutoff shorts, and socks with sandals? Prude!
A metal foil gum wrapper serves as a nifty pouring aid.
that's what suits are for.
But take a second look, and he's wearing a $100 casio quartz watch
Why did I watch this? I dont even eat glass.
ArdRí na hÉireann h
I am eating glass and I love it! There's nothing strange with that. I am cooking it like a salat with olive oil, balsamic vinegar and lime juice.
GOAT
Hilarious. Don’t quit your day job.
@Gabriel Afonso You only have 9 subscribers and I have 11... So, I think that speaks for itself... OK Alfonso
Didn't work on boxed wine.... what a mess
The trick is to remove the cardboard box first!
Lmao
Didn't realise they did Château D'Yquem in a box?
Hannibal Lecter will be pleased.
🤔
RICARDO OROZCO looolll
It worked great for me on the first 3 bottles, while trying to open the fourth bottle the fire department came and I'm homeless.
I tried to open my wine this way but never got to the brush part. Instead the box around the wine caught fire, and the plastic bag melted!
most underrated comment
@@MrJonline I agree...
Were you still able to play goon of fortune?
My pretentiousness score just got a serious boost just from watching that clip. I can't wait to try this at a party. My friends will shower me with gasps and golf claps.
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Hail Satan
@@iamalolz my man calling atheism a belief 💀
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When you give humans too much of free time
Like they said in the beginning, it's for very old bottles of wine with corks that tended to crumble from age. So if you could simply take the cork out like how you normally do, then you wouldn't need to use this method.
Time is the most expensive thing there is.
@@MrLoobu And you spend it watching videos you don't need like this one on youtube
They are called wealthy people
@@MrLoobu Well i don't mind exchanging few years of my times against the latest 21million royce rolls i can do anything for you handyman cook whatever ... si you agree :p ?
“How to sell a bottle of wine for double the price.”
It's not just the bottle of wine that's expensive, it's the service.
No, you pay for the performance and the wine is on the house😂
Problem more.
It is done for very old wines since the cork is crumbly and breaks into wine also to make MUNEY!!!!
Or 100 times the price
"We want to keep the tongs on the flame as long as possible"
*me doing this at home with a full sized propane tank*
Its been 3 days! I just want to drink my wine!
Ha Ha !!
As long as possible. Hahahah
No wine, you keep tongs on flame
You still doing it dude ? It's been three months, i think the tongs will melt if you keep doing it any longer
@@inlean3224 Ah yes, because up until now they would've been dandy.
This is how I open my wine every time. I've only had my food go cold first about 3/4 of the time, so I say it's a win.
Port wine would usually be served AFTER a meal
I am going to use the technique on my $2.99 Trader Joe's 2 months vintage.
Ahhh so excellent
😂😂💀🤣😭🙈
So, how did it go?
Now this...is a true person of culture. You must be a member of the Chevaliers du Tastevin 😂
2 months vintage? You rich?
Takes too long. I just smash the bottle on the table and tell the guests to suck it off the table cloth.
hahaha good one
I would love to be one of your guests
Rofl
That'll help them to really savour it's taste.
Which country do you belong to
"keep the flame on the tongs for as long as possible" ok so just leave it there till the gas runs out?
yeah, and then get the second burner
It gets even better if you wait untill the time runs out
Oh wow, my grandmother used to open winebottles like this. Sometimes even with a sword during christmas.
Please say you have a video of her opening the wine with a sword
@@cferracini Unfortunately not. This was in the 70s and we had no recording equipment back than and I was only 10 years of age but I still remember.
As children we were always very intriged when our grandmother did this. We always wanted to watch and even asked here one time to open a bottle for fun like that. Of course we were not allowed to drink wine or alcohol.
Grans pork sword
This wine has a fruity, oaky, glass taste to it
ALL wine aficionados know that glass is an earthy gritty texture which inspires a full bodied taste of metallic mineral (blood) and aesthetic of reddish coloration to excrement later in the evening...you do not refer to shards of glass itself as a taste... uncultured swine...
Why do so many dopes think they are clever and while writing their non-clever posts never get to the point where they realize... hey... maybe this isn’t so c,ever after all? Inquiring minds want to know.
It has kind of an oaky afterbirth
Axel Olsson I literally came to this thread to see if anyone said this. Bravo
@@axelolsson2376 What was that?
In France, we learn to do this in kindergarten
lmao
Uh oh! In some regions, foetuses in the 3rd month were found too be doing this if their mothers were drinking during pregnancy.
I can fly too in make believe.
S w E n e K A f
In my country we learn never to surrender in kindergarten.
Oh really? Tell us more how it helps in defeating covid now.
How many bottles did they serve before they realized the need to filter out the glass shards?
not the glass shards, the wine over time breaks down the cork, so they are filtering the cork bits out, the glass broke in one smooth cut, no shards (if done right)
@@marshalclarke5417 while this might be true, the filter gives me peace of mind.
@@WestOfEarth The filter is to separate any sediment of the wine.
While the filtering will remove most debris from the crumbling cork there are likely small glass shards left after filtering. Clean break or not if I remember correctly about 40 tiny fragments of glass are introduced to liquid medicines when the vials they are stored in are broken open. I'd much rather be drinking glass fragments than getting them injected tbh.
The answer is 5 😂
Had a cheap tool for this problem back in the 70's. Just a needle connected to a hand pump to gently inject compressed air into the bottle. Took 10 seconds.
We're all very impressed by your sodastreamer
@@johanlorentzon4963 ;D
Colombo
wouldnt that spoil the wine? I believe that makes the drink fizzy.
@@chaitanyak.n.4768 yes, it's a joke
So fancy i need a second monocle
so fancy i need a monocle for my monocle.
@@acolyteoffire4077 So fancy I need 2 monocles for my 2 monocles.
So fancy pinky finger is now permanently up
@@satyro8186 so fancy pinky finger has a pinky finger..... Oh wait thats just a tumor.
so fancy my grey mustache permanently has pointy tips
I tried this at home and all I got was 2nd degree burns and 14 stitches in the palm of my hand. Would recommend!
But the wine, man...the wine....HOW was the wine.....
^^^the only thing that actually matters^^^
I hope the wine didn't have any damage
did you get drunk?
And thats why its 'the coolest way of opening a bottle of wine'...
Apparently they’ve never seen Ms.Lee down at the boom boom room. THATS the coolest way to open a wine bottle.
Thanks my father in law was a sommelier at the Waldorf Astoria and I found a pair of tongs going thru his estate after he passed and now I can try them out
it's been 2 years tongs are still on the flame am i doing it right
as long as possible he says.
Your tongs are fucking raw
Your gas bill must be huge!
You sure are buddy...saves you some money on that drinking bill.
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That’s enough internet for the night
But ....... But😭
Them: "So, what'd you do for a living?"
Him: "It's... complicated."
Yeah because that's the only thing a sommelier does. You'll sound pretentious as hell with your "useful" work.
sounds good, I always carry my blacksmith stuffs with me
Actually it doesn't sound at all
Why did i watch this? I dont even drink wine.
StaticJET :))))))
Same but it was rather interesting
But do you dab😎
just in case you want to open a bottle of fancy coke in the future
You should start drinking.
This is how I'd open a bottle when I'm drunk already.
This made me laugh.
😂😂
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@@balaportejean7015 when u say it like that it sounds gey
thats why your fingers are all burnt and your house is burned down
😂
I thought that when he heats up the glass and use something cold, a reaction will take place inside the wine or cork that will make it rise slowly
Him: We’re going to cut the bottle neck so we can pour the wine in a decanter through the strainer!
Me: then why don’t you just shove the cork in?
trying to avoid broken dried cork flavor
Can’t jack up the price as much!
Ew. Have you ever tasted cork rot? That's a baaad flavor.
@@pvanukoff tbh, wine in itself is pretty damn rancid.
this video really drove home how pointless existence is
J M and if you think about it, hundreds of people think and develop most complicated ways to create and put the wine into the bottle and then another hundreds of people think about how to get the wine from the bottle in the most complicated ways💩
Are you still alive?
lmao was just thinking the same
@@davisdesigns1153 probably not
Lmao. all of you have the best humor I love this thread.
My date should be impressed when I open the next bottle of "Boone's Farm: Strawberry Hill" this way.
I could tell by the look in her eyes, the $3.19 I spent on wine will not go to waste.
Damn bro they 2 for 5 here
Boones has helped me close many deals in the bedroom.
Lol epic
Cheapskate x
😂😂😂😂
Top note: raspberry and cherry, with a hint of glass
2021: How to overclock a bottle of wine
How did I end up here.... fuck youtube recommendations.
"Why did you bring a flame thrower to my party"
Provide jobs for firefighters.
To lighten up the mood.
please sir, pass me the bazooka
@@highkit 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
For me, this more a kind of visual spectacle to entertain the commensals and add value to the product.
Love the added possibility of drinking glass. I can think of far cooler ways instantly.
Just smash the bottle and strain the broken glass out.
it would aerate the wine as well, win-win
Nh k
Oggy Oggy ...... lmao... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I so agree
I saw a man open a beer with a chainsaw...this ain't shit.
I can do it with a folded piece of paper
C.A.R. Chicago Area Racing
I just phone chuck norris and he tells the cork to leave, so it just gets up and leaves and says sorry.
Aaron Mackay 😂😂😂
I saw a guy open a beer with a front end loader, that's a type of heavy machinery for all you wine drinkers!
I saw that guy too... He had Superb skills with that machine...Superb!
I am a beer guy, I dont even like wine but this is cool as heck. And takes a lot of skills to perform right every time.
L’art de rendre compliqué un truc extrêmement simple 👌
2:19 He forgot to fart on the wine glass to warm it up (before pouring). Amateur.
plok ijuh lmfao hahahahahaha
I don't know why, but i imagined him doing it in a very "high class snob" way...like "Prrrrrrtff...There you go sir. I heated it up to room temperature and let it breath for you."... and i am dying of laughter for some weird reason ! 😂😂😂
@@Thatrollingmaster69 that's probably because that was in South Park high class snobs getting drunk from their farts
Hahahahahahahahahhahaahah
This is one of the funniest comments I’ve ever read on CZcams.
This is how hipsters open their beers.
Not Too Sure These Days Did you call a youtube comment an email... Time to step into the 21st century grandpa.
No, it's not lol
Daniel Perez it’s a joke you dumbass
@Hunter Robinson Wrong. Like way, way the heck wrong. A joke does require the audience to have a certain level of wit and intelligence though. Sadly you are lacking in both.
@Hunter Robinson Damn who hurt you
He made it look effortless. I especially liked the tinkle plonk the fine stream of well guided port made as it filled the decanter.
This is to complicated, I'll stick to pulling the flap down on the box and wiggling out the spigot.
I thought I would be able to open a bottle with a brush, not that I'd need five seminars
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm
-Claims it's the coolest way to open a bottle of wine, but no chainsaws or explosions are involved. Thumbs down.
"The Most Unnecessarily Complicated Way To Open A Bottle Of Wine"
Compared to the usual way? Cork always breaks or honestly more boring 🤣
the most expensive way to open. Always gotta find the most expensive in everything for the rich folks
They literly explained, if the cork is stuck.
To be fair, it's a performance....
Ok I’ve done this myself in a hospitality course when i was 18
And my teacher who is one of the best from Europe taught me it the same exact way but for 0% chance of the glass entering the drink u need to squeeze the heat near the cork so like that when it breaks the glass it is still sealed because half of the cork is still inside the bottle
And u run cold water over the crack to get the extra away
Not saying u did it wrong but like that it’s so much safer
he filters the wine through cheesecloth, so even if there were glass shards, they would get caught in the cheesecloth.
why simplify when you can complicate ....
Yes, because it's much simpler to destroy a 50 year old, +$3k bottle of wine by breaking up a deteriorated cork into it.
You can still use the funnel and strainer
Reuben Montoya Yeah, I'm sure 50 year old deteriorated cork adds a lot to the flavor. It's almost like you guys didn't even watch the fucking video where he explains why they do it this way.
I did watch the "fucking" video. However, as I wanted to make notice with my post there are options, even the description of the video say its an old tradition that came as an alternative. Some people like simpler ways, dont know why you get so offended by that.
Reuben Montoya What are you talking about? You didn't "make notice" of anything.
The post I responded to said they were making opening a bottle of wine complicated. This method isn't complicated. It's simply a method to open old bottles of wine without ruining it.
You suggested that using the funnel and strainer is a reasonable solution in response. It isn't a reasonable solution because breaking up an old cork into expensive wine is dumb. That isn't a "simpler way". It's the wrong way to open old bottles of wine because it contaminates it with stuff you don't want to get in it.
If the words "completely unnecessary" had a video... It would be this
It has its uses. Video description says it is an alternative way to open very old bottles, due to increased risk of crumbling corks. They should have mentioned it in the video.
@@Igor_054 They literally did explain that at the beginning. They said old bottles of port are nearly impossible to open since the high sugar content degrades the cork to the point that it just crumbles when you open it. I've had a couple times where the cork just completely falls apart on me and fingering the bottle with a knife then straining out all the floating pieces of cork looks anything but professional. It makes sense they'd come up with a method around that, especially in wine tastings where they're trying to be fancy to sell you thousand dollar bottles...
@@Igor_054 The video literally starts explaining this
@@DrakeOola I missed that part. OP was probably not paying attention as well, lol
@@DrakeOola Ever heard of this new invention called "coffe filter"?
Thermal shock. Get the glass good and hot in one location, cool it very quickly, the temperature disparity from the surface to the interior makes stress, the glass fractures on the stress line. Brilliant!
That didn't seem "as long as possible" to me - you still got tons of gas left!
Maybe after that it becomes impossible because his hands will burn.
What a delightful video -- including the brief history lesson. Really well done. I've seen those tongs in antique stores and wondered what they were for. Now I know.
Truly. And he made it look so easy. Some people take their craft very seriously.
they can also be used as pp pullers
Yes, they are used to justify big money on a bottle of wine. It's stupid.
@@sethcragan6649 Old wine costs ton of money anyway.
@@sethcragan6649 This was used for probably several year old wines. If the cork got stuck, this is a better option than smashing the tip off a table. I guess if you like drinking glass that’s fine, but for a several year long investment I’d rather enjoy the wine.
This is so satisfying to watch. I understand this isn't the most efficient way to open a bottle of wine, but it looks nice when working in a higher scale restaurant. It shows the customer something new while also showing that you are willing to spend time to create a unique dining experience.
I use a corkscrew and it works really well.
You could also push the cork into the bottle instead of digging it out and use the same strainer for cork pieces instead of glass pieces.
This is how I am going to open all my bottles from now on. Including the screw tops.
I want to see him make tea.
Be careful with the sparkling wine though, I can imagine that the part you wanted to break off would just start flying when you've just got the tongs on it
@@konan8182 🤣🤣Why imagine? Get some champagne, some tongs and a gas flame, CZcams fame awaits you!
@@donkmeister Nah
Just give me a $6 bottle with a screw top.
nymetswinws Enjoy your shit wine, dork
DenshoGiallo Sorry but putting this much time into opening a bottle of wine makes you the dork
Cant take seriously someone who practice AIRSOFT
At least airsoft is real whereas wine ratings are made up.
***** Except a "proper cork" can lead to spoiled wine. Screw tops are the way to go.
Okay, this impressed me more than I thought it would.
And that’s how you get the perfect guitar slide
I just push the little button at the bottom of the box on the dispenser while it's still in the refrigerator. I don't get burned that way.
lol
EvanRicher are you secretly a virgin wishing one day to have his way with an anime stuffed pillow in your moms basement?
Thats genius man
But do you really put red wine in the refrigerator??
A whole new level of "Snappin' necks and cashin' checks."
if you're going to filter it anyway after this way you might as well just remove the cork best you can and if it disintegrates you are straining it anyways.
Yah like a drill bit, no?
Jesus !! Before the days of twist off, I’ve seen my Dad open up a bottle of beer with a boat oar. As a kid, I thought THAT was the ultimate in cool. Now that I’ve seen this video, I KNOW Dad’s trick to get at the booze was the coolest I’ve ever seen. He did it with no hype, and obviously no bottle opener.
Thank you for this video. It is a lost art. You handled the sediment issue, the crumbly cork issue and decanting issue all at once. Bravo!
the fuck why did I just watch this?
I will be sure to use that technique, next time I have company over. 🤪
Thanks for the tip I can now serve my guests extra fancy water
"If they're gonna filter it anyways, they should just use a corkscrew."
1) People like to be entertained. It's part theater.
2) If you're buying a bottle old enough to warrant this, it's gonna be damn expensive. And guess what? They *might* wanna keep the cork as a souvenir, which can still be retrieved with this method.
3) Open your own restaurant and you can smash open hundred year wine bottles with a hammer, or whatever, all you like.
Pirate Bear I’m guessing you may have never opened a truly old port. After 40 or 50 years their corks are very, very hard. Much too hard to open with a corkscrew. The screw won’t penetrate the cork and you’ll just lose the cork into the bottle. For that, you get zero style points! Ever wonder why vintage port corks are sealed with wax? It’s because they know you’re going to keep it so long before you open it that the cork is going to turn in to a rock and fail. I’ve had some luck with blade type cork pullers but for truly old wines, they aren’t up to the task. I found this approach in this video very interesting. If only I could afford old vintage ports ...
Patrick Downs
It doesn’t seem that you got the fact that Pirate Bear was countering other commenters who were saying “if they’re gonna filter it anyways, they should just use a corkscrew.”
Or you can even do this at home to save money
@@rihamy2nd and he said that corkscrews don't work and you look like a clod.
I typically take my cork screw to the 40 to 50 year old corks while smashing.😁😉
Party at 11:30 pm:- here take it guys new wine from me(PARTY ends in 5 min)
Party with this guy :- (6:00am) guys wait I am heating up the tongs
ah! the "break the neck of the bottle cause you don't have a corkscrew" technique, marvelous.
used to do that a lot when I was 16 drinking with buddies
That's how I open all my wine.
If you are already going to use cheesecloth and strainer to remove debris, then there is no need to worry about the cork crumbling...?!?!
Pointless and for show.
Well its is the "coolest" way to open a wine bottle. It never claimed to be practical.
Joshua Gray I'm not a wine aficionado but I bet a bunch of 20 year old cork floating in wine can change the flavor. I'm pretty sure the cheese cloth is for possible glass shavings.
Joshua Gray there is actually a term called "Corked" for when that happens. It makes the wine taste bad. So when you've paid a few hundred bucks for a bottle of port you don't want it to get corked.
Ginzington Schnizer Does that really happen if it's in there for a couple of seconds though?
"Corked" wine is 'actually' a term used when the cork has been contaminated in the process of batching and comes in contact with the wine.
"TCA (2,4,6 - trichloroanisole) is formed when natural fungi (of which many reside in cork) come in contact with certain chlorides found in bleaches and other winery sanitation / sterilization products. If a winery uses infected corks, the wine becomes tainted."
Has nothing to do with a crumbling cork getting in the wine...if that were the case, every wine would be bad. Unless you feel the bottom of the cork never touches the wine in a wine bottle. Don't turn your wine upside down people...!
Classy! I'm gonna start opening my beers this way.
not sure if it’s cooler than sabrage, I think we need a competition to decide it.
He is a brave man to let a flame that near his cork though, credit to him for that.
Sabrage only works on carbonated wines though.
o yeah. always carry that with me. thx for the tip
another perfect content for that tiktok guy who shows how to do this very simply 🤣
How?
@Naman Well, you can't use a corkscrew or other such device on a bottle with an old cork, and using like and angle grinder or a hammer would definantly get glass everywhere, so this method does seem like a good answer.
isn't it better to strain out potential cork than the potential glass debris?
an old cork is not a flavor you generally want in your wine
Michael Hoover neither is fuckin glass
Mikhail Chesnokov Glass doesn't really have a flavor you're going to have to filter it out anyway so you go with the one that doesn't add a musty woody flavor to your wine
Michael Hoover just open your wine like a normal person
Mikhail Chesnokov A normal person doesn't have to worry about disintegrating corks from wine aged for as long a time as is being served here.
The top of the bottle will make a fine souvenir and a very interesting conversation piece.
Butt plug?
God that was so smooth and unexpected
There's never a problem when you buy wine with a twist off cap.
eight inches you can't find old and fancy wines with twist off caps. Some wine bottles are so old that the cork literally breaks apart when you try open it, so this method is used for the best of the best of wines.
Michael Rosche
I know....my comment was tongue in cheek.
he was being sarcastic fucko
*(whacks on monocle)* They're actually called "Stelvin Closures" in the industry. You're welcome.
Aka 7-11 girly cheap wine
I do that with beer bottles when I'm feeling frisky
Guest:"I will take the Merlot Grand Crus"
... waiter lights up a furnace😂
“Uncoolest” is a better word to describe this method.
If that’s even a word loooool
my box wine opens easily.
What's wrong with all you people in the comments?? This was great!
In New Zealand we make what's called a spotting bottle like this but instead of the neck of the bottle you take out the bottom, it goes good.
Next time I'm going to ask my waitress to perform this trick on a bottle of Heinz ketchup at my local Denny's.
Awesome lifehack! I tried this technique the other day because I had forgotten to take a corkscrew with me on a camping trip, and it works! Thanks BI
But you remembered your blowtorch, wine tongs, cooling apparatus, and ice?
@@raymondfrey9465
I think wrapping a red hot metal wire around the bottle neck would do the same effect
As a server myself both in casual and fine dining settings, I can tell you that just opening the bottle is stressful enough because it’s essentially a performance. And then you have go and do that... @_@
If wine bottle opening is stressful for you, don't be a server at fine dining. A low end buffet may be your better fit.
Now that's the way you smoke your wine lads.
Worth the time at the table. Educational show at dinner.
I know another cool way: there are curly-like metal screwy objects that you can screw in the cork and then use it to pull it out!
If you paid attention to the video he said that because of ports higher alcohol content it affects the cork and you can’t use of them to get it out...
@@gregoryspatisserie9858 pretentious bs
@@john_mckinney you can’t call it pretentious bs just because you didn’t follow along. How else are they supposed to open it? Smash it open ?
@@gregoryspatisserie9858
By just using a decent corkscrew
@@gregoryspatisserie9858
But since you don’t seem to mind glass in your port you could also smash it open
Nobody:
CZcams: Here’s a cool way to open wine
Imagine sitting there on a date and mr scientist sits there with his experiments while you try make small talk XD
He explains my they do this at the beginning, its actually a pretty cool way to do it.