Product Description
From the Manufacturerpinzon is proud to present the Penguin Wine Opener--a reliable and easy-to-use wine opener. Simply follow these easy instructions to use the foil cutter, wine opener, and stopper, and you'll be opening bottles in no time.
To use the pinzon Penguin Foil Cutter:
* Position the circular foil cutter over the top of the bottle.
* Press the sides of the cutter in lightly and twist a couple of times around the bottle.
* The foil top neatly removes to expose the cork.
To Use the pinzon Penguin Wine Opener:
1. The sleek Penguin is designed to effortlessly remove a wine bottle cork.
2. Raise the lever and clamp the Penguin down over the neck of the bottle.
3. Grasp the rubberized inserts securely with one hand to hold the bottle steady.
4. Use the other hand to lower and then raise the lever in one smooth motion. (Although you cant see it, the corkscrew enters and pulls out the cork.)
5. With the lever up, lift the Penguin off the bottle. The cork will be inside the Penguin.
6. Lower and raise the lever again, and voilà! The cork slides off the corkscrew.
Note: The Penguin can be used to open wines bottled with regular corks, but careful use is advised when opening bottles with synthetic corks.
To Use the pinzon Penguin Stopper:
* The stopper preserves for days on end the bouquet and flavor of a partially consumed bottle of wine.
* Plastic ridges on the stopper collar help provide an airtight seal.
To Replace a Cork Screw on the pinzon Penguin Opener:
* Raise the lever and find the largest of three Philips screws in the body of the Penguin.
* Unscrew the largest Philips screw to release the cork screw.
* Pull out the Penguin screw and insert the replacement into underneath the lever. Then, re-insert and screw in the Philips screw where it was removed from.
Cleaning Instructions:
* Wipe clean with a damp towel and let air dry. Do not put into dishwasher.
This device is an interesting, and works as advertised, while it survives.
Synthetic or natural corks with a decent fit are easily removed, but tight corks require serious force. So much so, that the handle snapped off at the base. The rubber handle has only a narrow tang of steel down the middle, which stretched and finally shattered after only a few dozen pulls.
Not worth buying when there are gadgets with much sturdier levers available.
"Sweet!" This is the expression my son-in-law used last night when he used this opener. Works like a charm! No struggle, no hassle, completely easy. Highly recommend.
This thing works well and does not cost much. The foil cutter works quickly and the lever to pull the cork has plenty of leverage making the cork pull an effortless exercise. It is well built and will hopefully last longer than my previous wine opener.
I just opened some champagne with the opener and the cork was too wide to go into the chamber. That will lock this opener up! In order to fix it you have to stick your finger into the opener beside the corkscrew to push up a little ring that the cork normally pushes up for you. This 'shifts gears' in the opener and you can then operate the lever like new! I broke mine figuring this out, but hopefully you can save yours :)
I received this gift set for our wedding in October of this year. I thought it was a gift from heaven until today when it suddenly locked up on me. Suddenly the lever will not raise and I cannot use the corkscrew at all.
I think as long as you don't get a defective one, you will love this item. When you first use it, you will want to show all your friends how easy it is! I am just frustrated that it broke on me so quickly :( I don't know if this is typical or not.
Let me open by admitting that I'm addicted to the Amazon Pinzon products - they are usually priced much lower than any retail equivalent, and I've yet to be let down by anything I've purchased from the lineup.
The wine opener gift set is no exception.
The entire set is boxed in a lovely package, and looks extremely classy. Inside the box is the Penguin wine opener, a spare corkscrew, a foil cutter and a bottle sealer.
The Penguin opener is super simple to use; pop it on top of the bottle crank the handle, and you are done. It looks great, and in the 5 bottles I opened I have not broken a single cork.
Even the little foil cutter is a grade above the usual things; it has 2 small rotating cutting blades inside and is very easy to use.
The entire package is just brilliant, and at just $30 it's a true bargain.
DO NOT BUY ONE - BUY TWO! If you plan to order one as a gift, you'll regret not getting yourself one right away. I'm serious; this is just a great looking product. I'm planning to purchase 2 more just to keep in the house if I need a last minute gift for anyone.
This is an excellent wine opener, offering great value for the price.
Sure, we can all buy the 4$ wine opener from the local grocery, but, when it comes down to it- if you're drinking nice wine, you want a nice wine opener (if only for aesthetic purposes).
This opener serves both needs- aesthetic and functional.
Ok, little joke on a favorite obscure music group, Penguin Cafe Orchestra. Anyway, this is a wonderful gift for anyone you know who regularly drinks corked wines and is a leetle, just a leetle bit clumsy with the corkscrew.
Here are some corkscrews we have around the house and my opinion of them versus The Penguin.
1. Swiss Army Knife. Good in a pinch if you have massive upper arm strength and a hearty Swiss-grade cork in your cheapo wine bought on vacation while roughing it as a student in Europe.
2. The Fork: This is a slim device with two tempered steel blades that fit along side the cork. You wedge them into the bottle and pull up. This works well on wholesome corks of the old-fashioned variety. This type of opener, which was my personal favorite, is a "fail" against the new composite corks or heavens, don't even try one of those plastic imitations you find in Aussie Shiraz. Don't go there.
3. The two-lever type. Screw in corkscrew. Pull out cork with levers. Ok if cork is not crumbly or if you get it centered. Otherwise, not so hot.
Now, the Penguin. While elaborately consisting of several (large) pieces, none of which fit into my rucksack, the Penguin does allow you to pull a cork easily and to re-fit it back into the bottle. Thus you don't need a Vacu-Vin type of corker--just put the cork back in if you don't drink the entire bottle. (See, here, if you don't drink alone and if you don't drink excessively, you need to recork. I'll bet some of you are saying "recork--what?")
The box this comes in is very handsome--burgundy flocked cardboard with fine, well-cushioned sections for each portion.
To Use the Penguin:
A. Push the bottom of the opener on top of the bottle
B. Lift the handle and set opener on neck of bottle
C. Push the handle down, this action grabs the cork.
D. Push the handle back in original position, cork extracted. Easy as pie.
I received the Pinzon Penguin wine opener set today, which gave me an excuse to have some wine with dinner! Always a good thing. We picked a bottle and used the foil cutter. It's very stylish and worked nicely. Then I dug the bottle opener itself out of the box; it's in there quite tightly.
The directions are virtually non-existent, just some numbered pictures showing the steps. There are no written instructions, no warnings about synthetic corks. I put it on the bottle, squeezed, moved the lever down and up and...nothing. I looked at the "directions" and tried again. Nothing. The opener was stuck on the bottle and wouldn't come off. My husband tried, and the lever jammed. He gently pulled it off the bottle. The cork, a synthetic one, was still fully in place and the opener was broken, with something rattling inside it. The lever won't move more than an inch or two, so it's useless after one attempt.
Since you don't know until you remove the foil if the cork is real or rubber, having a wine opener that doesn't work on synthetic ones is rather pointless. More and more wineries are distributing bottles with synthetic corks to prevent rotten corks from spoiling the wine, and the bottle I was opening wasn't a cheap one. I grabbed my classic waiter's corkscrew and bing bam boom, my bottle was open. At that point, we both needed a drink!!!
I did try the wine bottle stopper and it seems to have created a vacuum seal on the bottle but I am not convinced it really sucked the air out, which is key to preventing spoilage. It's keeping a persistent fruit fly at bay and for now, that's sufficient. I'll use my VacuVin wine stopper when I want to really cork it, because after my experience with the opener, I honestly don't trust it to work properly and am not willing to risk half a bottle of wine to find out.
As a side note, the person receiving this gift set has to figure out on his or her own what the foil remover and cork stopper are, because there's absolutely nothing in the box to tell you. I'm a wine enthusiast so I knew what they were, but a novice who is choosing this item as an easy way to open and store wine would be completely in the dark.
I would recommend the rabbit-eared puller, the original that started this how-can-I-quickly-get-into-that-bottle-if-I-can't-use-a-corkscrew craze. It's worth the money and it does the job. There's no shame in not being able to use a corkscrew, but there are better options than this!
I ordered this for my Newly wed daughter whose cork screw opener had broken.
Yesterday I had the pleasure and rare opportuiny to spend time with my first born. I love my son in law and I am sure he loves me but they are still on their Honeymoon.
Me? I am just going stay on the side lines and await the results!
Now back to this marvelous tool. I wanted wine with dinner and she whips this out. It is the first time I had ever seen it. She started rave about the wonderful little Item I had added to her Christmas list. Her friends were all impressed with this little gadget and wanted one too. I picked it up and followed the directions; Wow with no exertion I had uncorked the wine in mere seconds flat. I have a rabbit type tool and have difficulty holding the "ears" and I need real strength to push and pull. The exertion was totaling absence with this Penguin opener. I like it, just mad at the price they are asking now
and it's retired? I might have to break my vow on getting stuff at whole sale prices.
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About Pinzon Penguin Wine Opener Gift Set detail
- Amazon Sales Rank: #4896 in Kitchen & Housewares
- Brand: Amazon.com
- Released on: 2006-08-01
Features
- Includes wine opener, foil cutter, wine stopper, and extra screw
- Made of sleek, durable ABS plastic, Easy to use; includes 1 extra screw; hand wash
- Remove foil, extract cork, and preserve wine between tastings
- Measures 8-1/2 inches long by 1-3/4 inches wide
- Only at Amazon.com
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