To begin using a corkscrew opener, the first step is to cut the foil covering the wine bottle.
Using a corkscrew opener, especially a waiter's corkscrew, starts with preparing the bottle by removing the foil capsule. This crucial initial step ensures a clean entry for the corkscrew and prevents pieces of foil from falling into the wine.
Initial Steps: Preparing the Bottle
The primary function of a corkscrew opener is to extract a cork from a wine bottle. Before inserting the screw into the cork, you must deal with the protective foil or plastic capsule that covers the cork and part of the bottle neck.
As demonstrated in the provided reference, the initial action is straightforward:
- Cut the foil.
- Perform the cut once around the front.
- Then, cut once around the back.
This method, often used with the small blade found on waiter's corkscrews, creates a clean cut just below the lip of the bottle. After making these two cuts, the foil above the cut line can be easily peeled away and removed, leaving the cork exposed and ready for the next steps of the opening process.
While this covers the initial preparation phase, the complete process of using a corkscrew involves inserting the screw and leveraging the tool to extract the cork. However, preparing the bottle by properly removing the foil is the essential first step, as highlighted by the reference.
