WineCork Pro — does it work with slightly wider bottles?

Mine still grabbed a slightly wider bottle I had sitting around, so I wouldn’t rush out for a backup opener. It took a second to line up right, but the cork came out fine.

Mine didn’t fit on a wider bottle at all. It just sat on top and spun without grabbing anything, so I grabbed the old manual one. If you’ve got a few of those bottles, I’d keep a backup around.

Wider bottles are where these things get fussy. Mine chewed up the cork on one and I had to fish the damn thing out. Keep the manual opener.

Mine actually fit the wider bottle I tried, but the cork came out crooked and I had to yank it the rest of the way by hand. So yeah, keep a manual one around.

I’ve used mine on a couple of those fatter bottles and it did the job fine. The only thing I noticed is you have to hold it a bit more steady so it doesn’t slip off center. Manual opener still lives in the drawer, but more out of habit than need.

I’d say just keep a manual opener around anyway. Not because the WineCork Pro is bad on wider bottles, but because you never know what kind of bottle shows up. I’ve watched a friend try his on one of those heavier bottles and it worked, but he had to kind of hold everything steady and it wasn’t the smooth one click thing he gets on normal bottles. For me the bigger question is whether it’s worth the counter space if you mostly open regular stuff. If you already like it on standard bottles, that’s probably the main thing. The odd wider bottle is more of a backup situation than a deal breaker. I’d still keep the manual one in a drawer somewhere.

The WineCork Pro doesn’t care how wide the bottle is, it grabs the cork not the glass. The only thing that changes is how steady you can hold the bottle while it works. If the bottle’s too fat for your hand, that’s your problem, not the opener’s.

Mine fits wider bottles just fine.

The base diameter matters more than people admit. I tried mine on a chunky pinot bottle and it wobbled enough that I just grabbed the old waiter’s friend instead. Works on normal ones, that’s it.

I don’t have wide bottles often, but the few times I did the opener still grabbed the cork fine. The bottle just felt a little awkward to hold steady while it ran.