How To Open A Bottle of Wine with a Boot

Forget your corkscrew? No problem. This works equally well with a shoe. A One Minute video.

20 responses to “How To Open A Bottle of Wine with a Boot”

  1. Chuck Harris Avatar

    is that Chris standing in the air conditioned house while you and Spence were out shooting the delightful video?

  2. Meri Lee Avatar
    Meri Lee

    Brilliant!!! And I thought the best improvise was inside the edge of a car door (kidding – sort of).

  3. alece Avatar

    THAT was awesome, randy!

    salud!

  4. Ani Avatar
    Ani

    What I mean is : I know I ask a lot of questions.

    1. Randy Elrod Avatar

      @Ani, Questions are good.

  5. Ani Avatar
    Ani

    Who is laughing there at the back? Cause that’s exactly what I was doing… laughing. Opening a bottle of wine with a boot? Was it a first class boot because you can’t just open a bottle of wine with an ordinary one.

    What if we don’t have a corkscrew, boot and no shoes, I mean it’s Summer, it’s hot no one wears a boot or shoe. We all have flipflops or sandals on how do you open a bottle of wine? Just kidding. Don’t need to know. I’m not the one who brings the wine with me anyway. I’m terrible at opening the bottle. I always bring something to eat with me.

    Another question just popped up. How did you come up to show that on a video? And how did you know by the way you can open it like that? I mean did it ever happen to you you didn’t have a corkscrew with you? I know a lot of questions.

  6. Daniel Kendrick Avatar
    Daniel Kendrick

    THAT was awesome. I have to know though, WHY does that work? I have a theory, but I’ll just wait and let you confirm that I’m on the right track ;-)

    1. Randy Elrod Avatar

      @Daniel Kendrick, I need to hear your theory. I don’t know why it works. The air pressure from the wine??

      1. Daniel Kendrik Avatar
        Daniel Kendrik

        @Randy Elrod, I thought that first, but changed my mind since it’s not carbonated like champagne. My theory is that it sends shockwaves or “ripples” through the bottle, each one gripping the cork from all sides and pushing it out.

        I majored in German, so that theory comes straight out of my imagination. I wonder if this was discovered on accident by someone who was really upset about forgetting a corkscrew and then dealt with it rather immaturely?

        1. Randy Elrod Avatar

          @Daniel Kendrik, Very interesting theory and great question…I wonder…

  7. Meredith Avatar

    You just made this Texas SO proud.

  8. ArtieDavis Avatar

    Randy You rock dude! Just got my whole family around to watch that, they all said, OMG that is so Redneck or Ghetto, I guarded your reputation and defended you as a great artist and imaginative thinker!

    1. Randy Elrod Avatar

      @ArtieDavis, Thanks, for defending me. Ha!!!!

    2. Roy Jacobsen Avatar

      @ArtieDavis,
      How many rednecks drink wine?

  9. Megan Miller Avatar

    Okay, this is seriously cool. You could also title this post, “Nashville does Napa.” I love it. Our friend Charlie taught us how to open a beer bottle with a water bottle top, also cool, but not nearly so cool as a BOOT. Well done:)

    1. Randy Elrod Avatar

      @Megan Miller, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that title!!!

  10. Delaney Kirk Avatar

    Thinking I would have to be VERY thirsty!

    1. Randy Elrod Avatar

      @Delaney Kirk, I’m always thirsty!!