Ah-So Wine Opener to Uncork Old Vintage Bottle | How To Use a Butler's Thief Corkscrew?
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- čas přidán 19. 03. 2019
- How To Use an Ah-So Wine Bottle Opener aka a two prong cork puller to Pull out the cork of an old bottle of wine.
Desmonstrating how using a Butler's Thief (Osso) cork puller near me to uncork a bottle of young wine and a bottle of 30-year-old vino is an easy process if you follow a few simple steps.
Episode #20 of the Talking Wine with Julien series by Julien Miquel, author of Social Vignerons wines blog.
Would an Ah-so be the best wine opener?
Where do I find an Ah-So near me?
Which is the best wine opener I can us to pull out the cork of a bottle?
What is an osso wine opener?
What's the best wine tool to uncork a wine?
Is an Ah-so a German made wine opener or an Italian wine tool?
How do you get a cork out without a corkscrew?
How do you get a cork off a corkscrew?
What is the best electric corkscrew?
What is a waiter's corkscrew?
How to Open a Wine Bottle With a Two-Step Waiter's Corkscrew What is a waiter's corkscrew?
How do you get a cork out without a corkscrew?
How do you get a cork off a corkscrew?
How to Learn Everything You Need to Know about Corkscrew Wine Openers?
How do you get a cork off a corkscrew?
How do you open a bottle of wine without corkscrew?
How should you store wine after opening?
What to do if a cork is stuck?
What is the best type of wine opener?
Those where some of the question I had after reading a Wikipedia article about wine tools and accessories, and therefore a few of the interrogations this video series intends to answer.
Shout out to Madeline Puckette of Wine Folly (Essential Guide to Wine Book author), and Gary Vaynerchuk of Wine Library TV (wineliberarytv) for having inspired me to start making wine education and tasting videos on CZcams.
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This was a lot more exciting for me than I expected when I first started watching LoL You are a WONDERFUL teacher! Thank you :-)
You are so welcome Greta! Thank you so much for your kind words 🙏🙏😊❤🥂
Very good. I'm sold. I have trouble opening because of arthritis and I think this would help. I can't use a corkscrew so this looks great thank you for the video
It's fun to see your other content such as this! I often come across your how-to-pronounce videos. They've helped me so much
So much information that was not lent to us as tasters at local wineries. Thank U very much.
Thank you for demonstrating this cork puller so well. I have several bottles of 80s & 90s wines awaiting consumption, but the thought of crumbling corks has always been a concern. I've had too many before. A purchase of one of these little beauties has now been made :)
Excellent, glad to hear it's useful 👍 enjoy your vinos, that sounds delicious 😋 🍷🍷
Thank you Chris! Awesome Presendtations!
Merci 😊👍🥂
Fair play Julien. I could have opened that bottle of Pommard with the Ah-so, but never could I have done it whilst explaining how to do it. Your levels of focus and ability to multi task are almost as impressive as a 30 year old Pinot!
Very good demonstration. Thank you.
I have seen the ah-so, but never used one. thank you for showing us how to use it. I saw the excitement when you began opening the 30 year old wine. cheers
My pleasure. Glad it's useful. Yes. Even I do not get to taste this kind of wines very often. I always appreciate the and respect the history behind each wine, especially the old ones as I realize the amount of work that goes into making them, and holding them for so many years. Thanks for the kind note :-) Santé. Happy Halloween btw. Cheers
Thanks, My daughter told me about this corkscrew, in 26 years of bartending never used one, so cool to see how it works,. Thank You for taking the time to do this video
Great to hear! TY L. 🙏😊🍷
Ah you seemingly have pulled me in the exciting sphere of wines.....
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Thanks. My ah-so still in my cupboard and still figuring out how to use it. Now I know. Sincerely thanks for your demonstration.
Great demonstration. I need one of these in my life! Too many old broken corks
Excellent. Yes, I'll be using it more often even myself after this. Kind of never got into these Ah-So things, as I said, i don't uncork many bottles of old wines. But doing it for the video really convinced my I should use it more often. Glad it was useful for both of us! Cheers :-)
A great demonstration. I have recently done a piece about the Ah-So opener on my site and I'm hoping that you are happy for me to use your demo, on my site. I first came across this tool around 50 years ago When I was working in a hotel bar and didn't realise what it was. So I threw it in the bin. But If only I had kept it and Google wasn't a thing back then. So finding one was not so easy. I must say that this was the most concise demonstration online.
Excellent Richard :) Glad to hear your story, and glad to hear you enjoyed the video 🙏🙏😊👍 See you around mate 🥂
Thanks Julien! I've never seen an Ah-So in use, but that made it seem like I could pick one up and use it without trouble!
thank you Issac. That's how I felt, as you saw in the video, is just how I experienced it. nice and easy indeed. You're reminding me that i should gift one to my uncle who always brings out stupidly old wines at family dinners and messes up the opening every 3 out of 4 times. He doesn't use one!
cheers mate, thanks for stopping by. Some asked me about the Durand opener, will try to test one for the channel. Santé :-)
Great demo have sent off for one to open a very old bottle of port.
Maurice Lappin cool. Glad it was useful. Sounds like an exciting wine tasting ahead 👌🏼🍷 enjoy 😊
Use port tongs instead
Nice job. These have been around in one form or another at least since the '30s. They had a vogue in the late '60s through the '80s, though one does not see them so much any more. Be careful to get a good one, because if the prongs are too thick, they will cut into a very wet cork and tear it up. I've been using an 'Ah So' since around 1960, when I was given an adjustable, two piece, version which could be used to open corks of varying thickness.
CatoRenasci thank you very much for sharing all this useful additional knowledge about the Ah-So bottle opener. Very good point about the thickness of the prongs.
Not sure I visualise the 2-piece version you mention, is that the one with a spiral as well as the prongs like the Durand?
I just purchased a durand today. Was not impressed for the price
This might give me the confidence that I need to start buying corked wine again
Excellent! Good to hear. Enjoy 🥂👍
I use this kind all the time. Some newer bottles has a dense "cork" of a synthetic or composite material, it is difficult to use for those bottles - usually white wine. However, with the typical red wine cork it works without hassle. I use it with one hand, I don't need to push the shorter prong, it fits automatically if you use it properly. The one I have is around 30 years old, still works flawlessly. I also don't use my hand on the cork itself, only the handle.
I believe the problem is that there are many low quality versions, but the high quality no-nonsense versions (with a bottle opener at the end) can be operated by one hand no problem whatsoever.
Kurt Waldheim tx Kurt 🙏🏻🍷 I think you’re talking of a different type. Do you have one with a screw like a normal corkscrew between two prongs?
Merci Julien...
Magnifique !! Just what I need. I’ve just started opening some wine I had bought when I was an apprentice Chef 20 years ago and the cork just crumble like cookies. This will definitely make it easier. 👍🏻
Yes this is a very brilliant invention, I had some challenges with older wines that are like 10 years and above. Most of the time the cork is so old or at times dried that it tends to crack easily at the end of the cork.
The other comment thing is that most good Spanish wine and certain Italian wines comes with longer corks.
But in addition I will also recommend getting a strainer or filter for older wines that tends to have some level of sediments. I have use strainers or filters to help me prevent the unwanted sediments from getting into my decanter to aerate it.
Hola Julien, great demonstration video!!!
Tx
Much appreciated
I had one of this, and I had no idea, what it was for. WOW. I never could open old Vine with cork screw. I ruined many wines, for debris of Cork, were floating in side the bottle.
Thanks for the video.
Glad to hear it's useful mate :) Thank you, enjoy you new wine life with your Ah-so 🙏😊🍷
Julien, thank you so much for this video. I don't have many old wines left, but I do have about 2 or so dozen that includes Ports from the '80s, a few Vouvrays from 1990 and some German BA's from 1990 too. This looks like what I have been looking for. I've been getting a bit tired of crumbled corks and having to slowly filter the wine thru a funnel.
Wonderful, glad you found it useful and to see we share the same passion for wine :-) Tx for taking the time to leave a kind note. Looking forward to seeing you around the channel. Santé 🍷🍷😊🙏
A wine snob. Who cares about your collection? It’s about opening it.
Get a set of port tongs.
Enjoyed your video. Very informative for sure. I plan on picking one up. Cheers!
Excellent, glad you enjoyed and this was useful :-) CHeers
very lovely video
I have been using the as-so for years, its so much easier to open even stubborn cork on young wines. Thanks for the demo of the proper use. Yeah, I broke the handle off my old corkscrew pulling too hard. But yes, you have to be careful not to let the cork drop into the bottle neck when inserting the blades!
Thank you for this! I enjoy all your videos. I have a 1964 Rioja waiting for me and will definitely use one of these. Last time I tried opening a very old Gattinara the normal way let's say there was a lot of cork filtering needed afterwards haha. Cheers and thank you!
Post-script: I tried this yesterday on a 2014 bottle (for practice). I think I need more practice....when wiggling the opener from side to side as it pushed in, the top of the bottle neck shattered. Glass fragments everywhere, so bye-bye wine. More practice.
Oh man. that sound terrible. I'm so sorry to hear that :-( I guess you have to go really gently and insert the ah-so into the cork rather than hard against the glass. I'm guessing the cork was really stuck to the glass so you had to apply force on it, although 2014 wine shouldn't have been too bad. yes, I'd say try to have the ah so really into the cork from the begining. Hope it was too precious a bottle you tried it on?
@@CZcamsJulien All part of the learning experience Julien! It wasn't a precious bottle :-) It happened when the opener was 90% of the way in. I think the wiggle pressure is much higher at that point so in the future I will just push for the last 10%. I googled and found other people have had a similar experience so it can happen. Cheers and thanks again!
Superb!
Thanks a lot Matt! 🙏🙏🥂😊
I didn't wiggle and pushed hard and it went all the way in and like you said "exploded" 😂 way to open a wine bottle like a champagne
Have you seen the 'Durand'? It's a combination of this A-SO and a normal corkscrew! Check it out! Only downside is the price...
Just saw your How To Use a Butler's Thief Corkscrew video. Where did you buy the wine glass you use? Thanks
Hi Carlos. Good to have you on board. I got them from Spiegelau, my fav brand for wine glasses. they sent them to me 😅 Glad you enjoyed the video. Salud ! 🍷
You want to use a knife and cut the capsule below the ridge on the neck of the bottle. Those foil cutters only trim the very top of the capsule and the foil that’s left on the rim of the bottle can cause dripping. Otrherwise, technique is good.
I've not used this type - more the corkscrew or the one that is like a pin that is pushed in the center of the cork and air pump the cork out - something like that.
Focus Blue I see the one you’re saying. I haven’t used that one myself. Must try to get hold of one for a test on the channel
Tx for stopping by 🥂😊🍷
I’m switching to ah so cork removers… enjoy your wine.
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Goood Video🤘😈
thank you very much :-) glad you enjoyed it, tx for letting me know and commenting. Cheers 👊😊🙏🍷
Your welcome and Cheers🍷🍾 I fancy older wines so I will definitely have to get one of these 💸📫📦
@@TrippiePesos Cool! Glad to hear this was useful :-)
So what’s the disadvantages of using this? Why ain’t everyone using it?
Is nobody going to talk about how it sounded like “asshole”?
Nice opener but your not so pose to turn the bottle while removing the foil
Hi there Florencio. I'm guessing you mean this if you're a sommelier? I'm not a sommelier, and if you're not, I don't think you're supposed to obey the rules of sommellerie when you open or serve a bottle of wine. That's for people serving wine professionally, right?
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Nice demonstration and well done good information. My notes however: First and most- so how was that 30 years old Burgundy?! I hope it was shocking, to waste it on a video clip, so at least you got a kick after video is done. Second- I always take off that entire vacuum seal foil around the neck (using a regular sharp knife), hate to see it sitting there cut open; but that's me. Third- I will use just a regular opener; if the cork is damaged, or fall down, so be it, I strain the pieces out, and still enjoy the wine; I mean I am not going to invest in so many gadget for so many causes; but that's me. Fourth- Great video, but I think there is no need to show close ups every so often, I think we get it from your sitting distance without the close ups. Molte Grazie / Merci beaucoup!
Did he just say ass hole???
You didn't check for sediment 😂
Uh! What do you mean?
...grab your, what?
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