Illustrated history of the corkscrew

[Robin Garr]

I ran into this online ... not much in the article will be new to wine geeks, but I enjoyed the illustrations, historic engineering drawings of corkscrews submitted for patent back to the 1700s.

http://vinepair.com/wine-blog/history-o ... fbvar=sswl

Left off the Durand (combination of worm and ah so), my favorite toy, but thought was good article that succinctly described each variation, and the drawings were cool/

If in Barolo, it's possible to visit this, in the heart of the village

http://www.museodeicavatappi.it/en/