Comments on: Most pointless product ever? A bottle opener for screwcaps

By: Michael Levine

Michael Levine — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:33:06 +0000

To the nay sayers. I come from the restaurant business. When sales people first started bringing me wines with the screw tops, the biggest concern was for the presentation in serving a bottle of wine. If you know anything about the restaurant business, you know that everything starts with presentation. That is the reson for the invention. The Butterfly wine opener was invented to preserved the romance and ceramony in serving a bottle of wine. The best comlement the opener gets is when sombody orders a bottle of wine and the same presentation is preformed as if the bottle were corked. that is what it is all about “presentation”

So anybody that knows anything about sales and marketing or the hospitality business, you will understand the concept of “The butterfly”. The rest of you can continue to “screw-off” by hand

Thanks
Owner, Inventor
Michael Levine
818-516-0425

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By: Sue

Sue — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 13:16:01 +0000

What a shame Dr Vino has neith imagination nor empathy

Nobody in my family can grip a wine screw cap tightly enough to open it reliabl. I have had my right hand repaired following an accident that severed nerves and tendons and both my parent are elderly and arthritic

I came across this completely pointless “review” (it is not a review, it’s cheap sneer) while actively searching for an opener for Stelvin type caps. If you are going to review a product I suggest you try it hands on in future. And engage your brain a little

By: Best Wine Opener

Best Wine Opener — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 19:19:51 +0000

I guess this product is marketed to the non-wine drinker who may be tempted to buy it for one of their wine drinking friends not knowing any better. I can just see the thought process “well, I know they have that corkscrew wine opener, but I bet they don’t have a screwtop…” Amazing stuff there.

And also, lol on the Boone’s Farm references above.

By: Issac Maez

Issac Maez — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:47:21 +0000

Me and my husband used lots of different wine openers throughout the years. From classic corkscrew, which is really hard to use for petite people like me, to electric wine opener, which seems great at first, however it's not as practical as it might seem. We decided that the best is Houdini Wine Opener. It has really easy learning curve and what's most important it's cheap and does what it has to do: removes corks.

By: Brently

Brently — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:45:58 +0000

Maurjourie Godfrey said:
“There are some good wines out there that are screw top… dont see what the big deal is.. people need to get over it! Its not like we are drinking boones farm”

lol, boone’s farm

By: Wine School

Wine School — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:41:10 +0000

Here are some comments from our students:

Maurjourie Godfrey said:
“I cant understand why anyone would buy a opener for a screwcap.. You have to turn it anyways… ”

Kelli Hepler said:
“I think it was designed for those who are embarrassed to serve wine with a screwtop. (you know that old sterotype that wine with a screwcap is a cheap wine) This gizzmo makes it look like you have a cork . . . just an idea. Who needs it otherwise?”

John Mcdowell said:
“This is hysterically funny. That’s all.”

Maurjourie Godfrey said:
“There are some good wines out there that are screw top… dont see what the big deal is.. people need to get over it! Its not like we are drinking boones farm”

By: La linea dell'inutile (Mauro)

La linea dell'inutile (Mauro) — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:16:27 +0000

Let’s be honest:
there’s no better, useless Xmas gift in this price range.

By: 1winedude

1winedude — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:37:17 +0000

Well, screwcaps can be a huge pain in the ass to remove, however if you grab the body of the bottle with one hand, and the **base** of the enclosure (NOT the screwcap itself) with the other, and twist, it comes off like magic…

By: Felipe Méndez

Felipe Méndez — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:26:05 +0000

As stupid as the butterfly:

http://www.vinochapeau.com/discs.html

By: EastCoast Chris

EastCoast Chris — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:45:39 +0000

“the crack is the new pop…” that’s classic. It’s like reinventing the jump-to-conclusions-mat all over again.

By: Tish

Tish — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:24:35 +0000

This invention is sure to bas as big a hit as http://winefritz.com/

By: Dr. Vino

Dr. Vino — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:11:52 +0000

Jack – nicely played.

And Boettcher too!

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:47:30 +0000

http://img2.allposters.com/images/TEE_IMPC/MT11.jpg