Fulkerson Winery in Dundee, Yates County, has begun displaying a collection of antique corkscrews in its tasting room.The collection includes examples made locally and before Prohibition. John and ...

Wine spoils quickly if exposed to air. It was not until the 18th century that glassblowers were able to make bottles with narrow necks that made airtight storage possible. The best seal for the bottle ...

Once, when I was in the shop, Zoltan mentioned casually that he collected corkscrews. I asked if we could have coffee and talk more about it. We met at a Greek café down the road where he told me ...

Tue, April 18, 2017 at 8:16 PM UTC As long as wine has been packaged in glass bottles—since the 17th century, roughly—there have been tools designed for the safe removal of cork stoppers. Although ...

An excellent Georgian silver travelling corkscrew with mother of pearl barrel-shaped handle. This corkscrew features silver hoops around the mother-of-pearl handle. The steel worm is held by a silver ...

The humble corkscrew is in almost everybody’s kitchen drawer but have you ever stopped to think about its note-0historynote-1? From gorgeous Georgian town houses to jaw-dropping penthouses, converted ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. An auction with a twist is offering a selection of antique corkscrews, writes Jill Stark. They look like medieval instruments of torture ...

Be it decorative decanters, 18th-century glasses or antique corkscrews, fine objects related to drinking are popular collectibles. Books on the subject are welcomed, and auctions offer a great variety ...