America's Test Kitchen recently ran a test of various wine cork pullers and this style came Highly Recommended. They are easy to operate, usually get the cork out, and can be bought for a reasonable price. The Waiter style everyone else is recommending here came in second. It is smaller, but requires more muscle to get the @#$%^! cork out. And, if you don't have much skill, tends to break the cork more often. kproche got a nifty one that uses CO2 cartridges. You push a needle through the cork and press a button on the top. A bit of the CO2 goes into the bottle and forces the cork out. But they aren't cheap, and I don't know where you would buy one.
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Date: 2008-11-09 06:45 pm (UTC)The Waiter style everyone else is recommending here came in second. It is smaller, but requires more muscle to get the @#$%^! cork out. And, if you don't have much skill, tends to break the cork more often.