ZWILLINGSommelier Classic Waiter's Corkscrew with Micarta Handle

I am a professional sommelier (CMS 2 Certified, WSET 3) and craft cocktail bartender, and I absolutely love this Zwilling-Henckels wine key. Over the past five years, I have purchased at least SIX of them. I currently own two -- one for work, and one for home. I have had at least two of them stolen! And I recently bought two more for two of my up-and-coming young bartenders as gifts. The wine key is a German design, made of stainless steel, with a two-stage lever, synthetic wood-grain side-piece grips, teflon-coated corkscrew, and a curved, non-serated, capsule knife. When new, the knife is beautifully honed for easily cutting any foil or plastic wine bottle capsules, but it will dull with extensive use over time. The upside is the knife is German stainless and it can be professionally re-sharpened to a like-new hone. I strongly recommend this wine key -- you can pay a lot more for a good wine key, and get a product that is not nearly as functional or durable as this one!

Excellent fit & finish, smooth and good looking grips. Makes it very, very easy to open a tough cork

A step up from a Pulltaps, which is the gold standard opener to me. That said, this opener feels very solid in hand and the micarta scales look great.This opener is a great middle ground between practical (pulltaps or a boomerang 2 step) and a luxury opener (Chateau Laguiole, etc.) I actually prefer this to higher dollar openers (2 step is very important in my opinion).

Fantastic cork screw/bottle opener. It is heavy, solidly made. Beware, the blade is sharp!

Outstanding premium-quality waiters tool. Fit and finish is professional quality, smooth handle and no sharp edges, even on the 2-stage fulcrum. Sharp curved foil knife, and a top-quality grooved teflon coated screw. Handle feels like a pro chefs knife!

Poor quality. Not worth the money

Solid. Nice feel. GREAT knife. Considerable upgrade from the basic corkscrews.

Quality you expect from a brand like Henckels. Removing a cork doesn’t get any more effortless than this. It’s a joy to use. Nice build quality. Worth the higher price. Sometimes the cheaper thing isn’t worth squat. Nice looking item, easy to use. What more do you want, want it to drink the wine for you too?