Rabbit style wine openers consist of a clamp that goes around the bottle and a lever that controls the worm or spiral. To use a rabbit style wine opener follow three simple steps:
- Position the lever so that the worm is up and clamp the handles around the neck of the bottle.
- Move the lever up, the worm will penetrate the cork, and then down, the cork will be extracted
- Clamp the cork (which is impaled on the worm) and move the lever up and down again to remove the cork from the worm
It’s that easy! And it works every time. The worms, or spirals, are generally coated with Teflon or another non stick material and a good wine opener will come with a replacement spiral for when it starts to be more difficult to use. Most come with a foil cutter, or have one built into the clamps.
Rabbit wine openers are a little more expensive but as the saying goes, you get what you pay for, and you get quick, easy extraction every time. With the additional foil cutter and worm, you’re essentially getting two openers for the cost of one and they are often packaged beautifully so they make a nice gift or look good on your bar.
