Help can't get cork out of bottle?

Question

I was using a cork popper on a bottle of red wine and it broke off in the cork. How can i get the cork out without ruining my bottle of wine? I've ruined one other bottle of wine when the cork broke into smaller pieces in the wine bottle ruining the taste. http://www.t-mobilepictures.com/photos/photo22/dc/8c/10754a95b5f3.jpg?_rh=9x3ou8w1u3b5qov4zcgaji36l

I worked on it for quite some time with a pair of plyers with no sucess.

Answer 1

Screw it.

Drive a screw into the cork, a course drywall screw would work well, then pull the screw, with cork attached out of the bottle with a pair of pliers. You only need to drive it about 3/4 of the way in, too far and you risk getting the cork bits in your wine.

Answer 2

A good corkscrew is important but not necessary. If you have cheap wine drink open and drink as soon as possible because most wont have protective wax or rubber to keep the cork from drying out. This is what causes most problems is a dry cork. If you have a cheap wine and you insert your corkscrew and you can tell that it is dried out you can always just push the cork down into the wine to minimize the chance of breaking the cork. When you do this you should drink the wine as quickly as possible because the cork could taint the flavor. But if it is cheap stuff it shouldn't matter.
When I didn't have a corkscrew I used a screw and a hammer to pull it out and it worked fine. The longer the screw the better. Try not to go all the way through the cork though because small pieces could drop in.

Also, many finer (and some cheap brands) use stoppers that are more durable than regular cork, they are more like a rubber foam. Check the tops of bottles for these types, you will easily be able to tell the difference and these come out very easily with no chance of crumbling.

Straining it is fine too, as long as the pieces of cork don't sit in the bottle for too long there will be no difference in the taste

Answer 3

I have used the wood screw thing, it works.
and if the cork goes inside your wine wont be ruined, filter it out.
Just dont let your guests see, they wont know the difference.
Grab a clean coffee filter, put it in the coffee maker basket, place it over a pitcher and pour the wine through it and pour it gently back in the bottle.
Oxygen is not good for wine so dont plan on having it the next night, serve it right away, it will be fine, been there done that.

Answer 4

actually i had a similar problem recently at my b-day party we didn't have a cork screw so one of my friend's pushed in the cork, it didn't break apart or anything, it worked good. OK so try using a cork screw not the busboy kind the good kind i recommend Houdini. and if it does fall apart put a cheese cloth over the top of the wine bottle and pour the wine into another container so the cork will stay in the bottle but u'll have to wine....best i can think of hope it helps

Answer 5

Push the cork into the bottle (shouldn't hurt anything) and then drink all the wine right way. You could always strain it before pouring it into a glass to get the small pieces out. I'd also look into buying a better corkscrew.

Answer 6

Lol you're funny. I love how clean your apt. looks. Next time you go to the store buy a wine bottle opener. The best thing you can do is get a pair of pliers and pull the Cork out.

Answer 7

Twist the popper gently and pull at the same time, hopefully you will be able to pull the cork out far enough to remove it by hand. I would tilt the bottle a little to make it easier.

Otherwise I'd remove the popper completely - pull it out. Insert a waiters corkscrew gently into the hole and remove the cork slowly with the corkscrew.

Answer 8

Only option, push the cork down into the bottle an then pour/ decant wine through a fine sieve or cheese cloth.

Answer 9

by the picture it looks like you will be ok. just take the opener and hold it at about a 90 degree angle with light pressure. hopefully not enough to knock it back in the bottle but since its still sticking out of the bottle you can just stick it in the same way...again by the look of the picture it doesnt look like theres anything wrong with the cork...maybe you just need to get a better wine opener..

EDIT since you went with the pliars idea it seems like you dont drink GOOD wine much. but since the screw is stuck in there then you are SOL take out the screw and get a two step wine opener.

Answer 10

pair of pliers around the top of the metal and pull quite hard. Either that or get a twist corkscrew and place the end next to the metal where it has met the cork. You may just get it to go straight through and enable you to open it normally, or you will get the metal back in the process. Good luck.