How to Choose the Best Corkscrew

Introduction No wine lover has ever avoided the problems caused by a poorly functioning corkscrew and we have bad memories attached to these failures.  We all had the experience of watching a waiter/waitress struggling with the corkscrew and have us pray that the wine...

Class Z: Champagne and Soda Taps

the unappreciated “corkscrews” by Joseph C. Paradi Introduction There are very few corkscrew collectors who specialize in Champagne or Soda taps, I will call these collectively Taps.  On the other hand, most collectors do have some of these but for the...

SCReWgrade Rarity Classes

Fred O’Leary (with help from Frank Ellis, Fred Kincaid and Joe Paradi) Background Often people ask what defines a really good corkscrew for a collector.  This is hard to answer because we all have our own needs and goals.  But in all cases,...

SCReWbase Decision Tree

Submitted by Frank Ellis, Fred Kincaid, Fred O’Leary and Joe Paradi About the SCReW Decision Tree The sheer inventiveness of corkscrew designers has posed many problems for those who aspire to a neat and tidy classification system.  There are two principles at work in...

SCReWbase History Part 3

Submitted by Frank Ellis, Fred Kincaid, Fred O’Leary and Joe Paradi Article 3 of a series The SCReW Decision Tree The first two articles of this series on SCReW, the Standard Corkscrew Reference Work (PART 1 and PART 2), covered the background to the project and the...