"Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy".
Benjamin Franklin
Here we review two types of the Gilda wine bottle corker.The Gilda Compression Hand Corker and the E C Kraus Gilda Compression corker
Gilda Compression Hand Corker
The Gilda Compression Hand Corker is very similar to the floor models . You simply add a cork and compress the handle push the lever and the cork goes in. Having a friend hold the bottle makes it easier. It has an adjustable depth setting .
"Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read."Francis Bacon
A man who was fond of wine was offered some grapes at dessert after dinner.— “Much obliged,” said he, pushing the plate aside; “I am not accustomed to take my wine in pills.”Although it is a good design, make sure you are ready and able to get a work out with it. You have to be strong enough to squeeze it enough to compress the cork well enough.
Ps When compressing the rock you do not need to handles to touch to get the cork in the bottle. It also costs about $40 at amazon. Click here to see the price.
E C Kraus Gilda Compression corker
IF you don’t have a lot of room for large floor corkers and are only corking a few bottles then you should go with this Gilda model.
This is a great design and uses a 4 piece Iris that pushes the cork equally from four different directions.
It requires some efforts. It has a an adjustable depth setting . It is recommended that you use size 9 straight corks. Other sizes work too. It costs about 40$. Click here to see the price at amazon.
"Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times, and in all countries, called in some physical aid to their moral consolations - wine, beer, opium, brandy, or tobacco."
Edmund Burke