You’re on vacation and stop by a liquor store to get some wine before you head back to the hotel room. You’re hanging out with your friends late into the night and decide to open a bottle of the good stuff. You have a first date at a BYOB restaurant and pick up a bottle on the way. Any of these could seem like a dreamy scenario, until it turns into a nightmare: There’s no corkscrew to be found.
It’s OK. There are actually several ways to open a wine bottle without a corkscrew—and some of them are pretty fun. Here are some tactics you can try to get that bottle open and keep your night moving along more smoothly than a long pour.