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Handbook of Wine
William J. Todd
‘
s included a chapter on wine accessories
in his 1922 book
A Handbook of Wine
. He wrote
―
The
wine owner needs a few tools and gadgets for his
greater comfort and better security of his treasure. First
of all a decent corkscrew.
‖
He included sketches of the
various implements.
Todd presents this pair
first with
―
The narrow
gimlet corkscrew [left],
though suitable for a
smaller beer cork, is not
safe to use for wine. It
may easily pull away,
bringing the core of a
perished cork with it.
‖
He recommends the
corkscrew on the left
which gives
―
a better
bite on the cork.
‖
Todd
stresses
―
The brush should be used to brush away fragments of dust, wax, or
cork after carefully removing the sealing wax.
‖
When it comes to obstinate
corks, Todd claims there is
nothing better than a
―
double-
lever extractor.
‖
He warns the
user to be careful when first
starting the pull for the screw
may just pull through the cork.
His copy is accompanied by a
drawing of a Heeley A-1 double
lever.
