Oxo Good Grips Waiter's Corkscrew

It does not leave cork parts in the wine. Requires some skill / patience / strength, however. The foil cutter is not the traditional knife blade but two sharp scoring edges. It works about 80% of the time (OXO: I think the edges should be sharper or bigger).

Good value and recommended.


Very good grip and screw, poor foil cutter   December 14, 2003
 5 out of 8 found this review helpful

The foil cutter is awkward to use: While you circle the top of the bottle, you must press the two little wheels against the foil. There is no option but to cut the foil near the top (I like to cut it below the lip), so I use a regular knife to cut the foil rather than use the OXO.

The corkscrew itself is excellent: It has a very sharp point, and screws in easily. The spirals wide enough to grip well into the cork, providing a good grip even in old corks.

The lever which rests against the bottle is positioned and sized just right (the lever does not touch the cork, nor does it slide off the bottle).

The grip has the typical OXO feel of firmness and softness, which I like. The geometry provides good leverage and easily extracts the more recalcitrant corks.

As with any waiter's helper style corkscrew, it takes care and practice to insert the screw down the middle of the cork.

Unfortunately, after a year of service, one of the small parts in the OXO broke, and now the screw and lever flop around loosely, so I can't use it anymore.