MIU France Zinc Alloy Connoisseur Corkscrew Wine Opener
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of MIU France Zinc Alloy Connoisseur Corkscrew Wine Opener
Customer Review: OK, but not for long
Summary: 1 Stars
Several years ago, I bought a wine opener from Br******ne in a local mall for about $40. It was nicely made and operated smoothly. When the plastic bushing that guides the corkscrew broke after five or six years, I decided to look for a lower priced replacement without the fancy store name. I thought this was it, but I was wrong.
This MIU Connoisseur Corkscrew is like some kind of cheap Ebay junk. It looks like the real thing but its action is rough. It also does not come with a spare corkscrew. I can live with that, but after only two months, it has stopped working at all. I can see where the malfunction is, but since all the pieces are press fit, I can't disassemble it to repair it...and I'm not sure the repair would last anyway.
Bottom line. If you open a bottle or two a month, then this is OK. But then, if that's all you use it for, a regular cheap corkscrew will do the job and not take up so much space. If you use it four or five times a week, this is will almost certainly not hold up. Save your $20 until you can get a good one.
Customer Review: Actually not bad.
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought my stepdad and myself a MIU corkscrew 5 ago. They were much more expensive back then, but both are still working fine and work well. I love how the corkscrew retracts from the cork after removing it from the bottle.
My only complaint is that both my stepdads and my foil removers (added extra for free) broke eventually. But this was after two years of opening ALOT of wine. Not bad though and foil removers are cheap so no points off for that. Besides, two years is pretty good and it doesnt affect the corkscrew in anyway.
The opener itself is pretty big for me because I put it in a drawer. My stepdad leaves his out so he doesn't mind the size.
Good overall wine bottle opener (and they include a spare corkscrew).
WELL worth the money at the price they are now on Amazon. I paid $80.00 each for ours at a wine shop 5 years ago. (and THAT was a good deal back then).
Customer Review: Fooled by the French
Summary: 2 Stars
I chose this wine opener based on the fact that it is sold by a French (who know their wine) company and the fact that it is similar to a very popular design, i.e. the Rabbit. I was also hoping that the metal used to make it would be more robust than the plastic used in similar devices. Stated simply, this opener does not work; that is, unless you consider pushing a cork INTO the bottle to be the same as opening a bottle. In the short time I had it, the "opener" was 0 for 2 in opening bottles with artificial or composite corks and 2 for 4 in opening bottles with natural corks. The cork that broke the camel's back was a decent Bordeaux I am currently enjoying that features a lovely nautral cork floating inside the bottle. On the positive side, it looks good, it feels good in the hand (like it should work), and the foil cutter does work well. Too bad it doesn't pull corks out of bottles.Customer Review: Beautiful and practical
Summary: 5 Stars
Not only is this item extremely well made, it actually works - and works fantastic. De-corking takes a matter of seconds and is about as idiot proof as it gets.
I'm not sure what one reviewer was complaining about; how it wasn't working on synthetic corks. Perhaps he doesn't know how to use the opener, but there is absolutely no issue with synthetic corks... I actually think it works better with them than standard cork - corks.
The only complaint, if you can call it that, is that this opener is not exactly a small device, and I wouldn't it expect it to fit into too many utility drawers, but 'hey' I happen to like the way it looks and I keep it displayed on my bar in it's "stand." I just like that fact that it doesn't look or feel cheap and even more so, that it works beautifully.
Customer Review: Very Satisfied Purchase
Summary: 4 Stars
I have only opened 4 bottles so far, so I don't feel it is justifiable to give the product 5 stars, however I have yet to find a flaw or fault.
The design is very nice; the weight is heavy, it feels comfortable and durable in my hand. The display stand is fantastic and the label peeler fits right in the bottom of the stand.
Although the manufacturer states it is not to be used with synthetic corks, so far this is the only cork I've used it with and it worked beautifully every time.
Update: Its now 3 years later and I am still using this opener on a fairly regular basis. Never had a cork it couldn't open, and just about all open effortlessly (I had a dry cork once that was an issue, but would have been hard to open with any device). I would re-rate this a 5 now!