Pulltap's Double-Hinged Waiter's Corkscrew

The Pulltap's double-hinged waiter's corkscrew is the tool that ended the corkscrew design debate. Sommeliers carry it. Wine bars stock drawers of them. It costs roughly the price of a glass of wine, and it will open every bottle you encounter for the rest of your life.

The double hinge is the key innovation — it lets you extract a cork in two smooth lifts instead of one violent yank, which means fewer broken corks and more dignity at the dinner table. The serrated foil cutter works on the first pass. The whole thing folds flat into a pocket.

Winged corkscrews are for people who haven't tried this. Electric openers are for people who've given up. Ah-So two-prong pullers are for old corks and old corks only. For everything else, there's the Pulltap's.