Pushing the cork into the bottle is the best way to open a bottle of wine without a corkscrew. You can also use a lighter, a ...

Almost all of us have faced this situation at least once — you’re about to enjoy a nice bottle of wine, but there’s no corkscrew around. Picture this: you’re on a family picnic, you brought your ...

Perhaps you've encountered this life scenario before: you find yourself with a wine bottle, yet no corkscrew. Dilemma! Do you forfeit the idea of drinking wine that evening because you didn't think to ...

You're with your friends at an open-air concert or play, the blanket vibes are immaculate, and you even brought a bottle of wine with a cool label to share that you found off a wine app. But wait — ...

One way to open a wine bottle without a wine opener involves a little force. Unleash your frustration of forgetting or misplacing a corkscrew by banging the cork out with a shoe or some other object ...

The internet loves a good hack, especially for mundane tasks. Want to make your less-than-amazing tequila taste better? Use a milk frother. Need to make your sangria more “aesthetic?” Put it in a ...

Until recently, the word “hack” was negative. It meant a mediocre writer, to sever with heavy blows or the evil genius who broke into your computer and stole your identity. Lately “hack” has taken on ...

Nothing jazzes up a gathering quite like a bottle of bubbly! This sparkling wine is popular to serve for special occasions, but the mood can quickly be dashed if you can’t get the bottle open in time ...

Mature, pricey wines are a treat to taste but stressful to open: Will the inevitably fragile corks crumble? At a recent 23-vintage retrospective of Bordeaux Château Troplong Mondot, Managing Director ...

Ahhhh, that blissful moment when you’ve returned to your Airbnb after an afternoon of sightseeing and shopping, excited to unwind with that delectable Cabernet Sauvignon you bought at the local market ...