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Tests and Reviews
1967. In "The Reluctant Cork", Frank Schoonmaker says:
Our own panel or jurors expressed a preference for the Swiss-made "Corky" in
the air pump category, and for the American "Cork Pops" in the cartridge class.
Both seem to give better results when one h
as tried them a few times…But they
are both very good, and nothing nearly as satisfactory exists for tired old corks
in distinguished old bottles.
1968. The value of needle type cork ejectors for old wines is further addressed in
"Opening Wine" in
Foods of the World: Wines & Spirits
(published by Time Life Books)
with:
These pressure extractors are the safest type of opener for expensive wines,
whose corks may be 10 or more years old and liable to crumble under direct
attack by a corkscrew.
1979. A panel was organized by columnist Rosemary Atkins ("Testing the Turn of the
Screw",
The Sunday Times Magazine
, December 16, 1979) to test various cork removers.
The Corkette was included in the test and the summary was:
Popular gimmick, but do not accept one even as a present, say our
testers…Sometimes pushes cork into bottle. Read instructions carefully, as they
admit failure to do so could result in injury. Not recommended.
