5 Creative Ways to Open Wine Without a Corkscrew

5 Creative Ways to Open Wine Without a Corkscrew
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By Maryse Chevriere, Contributor

Open a wine bottle using a shoe.

Open a wine bottle using a shoe.

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Watch these videos to see what lengths people will go to to open a bottle of wine in a pinch.

You wouldn't let a little thing like not having a corkscrew stop you from enjoying that bottle of wine you just bought, right? Seriously, if MacGyver can light a fuse without a match or build a bomb out of a fire extinguisher, there has to be some kind of creative alternative to the corkscrew.

As it turns out, we found five. Watch these videos to see what lengths people will go to to open a bottle of wine in a pinch. If necessity isn't the mother of invention, the desire for a glass of wine certainly is.

1. With a shoe

2. With a tree

This basically applies the same principles as the shoe methodology. Hey, if you're out camping or at a picnic, this trick could come in very handy.

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