Wine Cork Puller

[Mike Buckley]

Cork pullers have two metal prongs. The long prong is inserted between the cork and the bottle first. Then the other one is inserted. After using a rocking motion to push the two prongs down as far as possible, the cork is pulled out using a twisting motion. When not in use, the prongs are inserted inside the rectangular cover.

Pullers work really well on solid, natural corks and they are the only kind of tool that will remove that kind of cork when it would otherwise fall apart into crumbles using a cork screw.

They don't work well on corks that are too tight, which is often the case with plastic corks and corks made of pressed particles of natural cork. When the cork is too tight, the glass bottle has less resistance than the imitation cork and that can lead to breaking the top of the wine bottle's neck. I've never had a situation when a solid piece of natural cork is too tight to remove using one of these pullers.

Setup
The tabletop is wood removed from a picnic table. A small continuous-light lamp on the right side fitted with a diffusion sock is very close to the scene to create the softest possible shadows. A white reflector on the left side creates the curved reflection on the wine bottle that complements the shape of the bottom of the bottle and helps define the shape of the bottle's body.

[Shadowman]

Nicely composed.

[Mike Buckley]

Thanks, John!