What is the best wine opener?

Although plenty of wines come with twist-off tops, no home or party is complete without a proper wine opener. Openers vary in size and structure, with electric openers typically being larger than manual wine keys. When selecting one, consider if your purpose is to use it at home or professionally. Bartenders and waitstaff require a smaller handheld opener that can be kept in their pocket or apron for easy access. Your home bar, however, can accommodate all that comes with a complete wine opener kit.

Best manual wine opener

Manual wine openers typically require physical effort to hold, twist and pull the cork from the bottle. The more compact an opener is, the more effort is required for cork removal.

Top manual wine opener

Hicoup Professional Grade Natural Rosewood All-In-One Corkscrew

What you need to know: This is a standard hand wine opener used by professionals of all levels.

What you’ll love: Made of stainless steel, this durable corkscrew can remove natural and synthetic corks with a few turns of the wrist. It includes a small foil cutter to remove the cork’s outer covering and is designed to easily penetrate the cork to pull it from the bottle.

What you should consider: A few customers reported issues with the foil knife after multiple uses.

Top manual wine opener for the money

Foho Luxury Wing Corkscrew Wine Opener

What you need to know: This stainless steel corkscrew has soft panels to grip for better handling.

What you’ll love: A stopper is included with the corkscrew that will keep any standard wine bottle fresh after opening. The top of the corkscrew is designed for an easy twist and also doubles as a bottle opener.

What you should consider: This design is bulky and not an ideal choice for waitstaff who need a pocket-size wine key.

Best electric wine opener

Electric wine openers make opening wine easier than a twist cap. They automatically drill into corks with the push of a button and pull them out in the same way.

Top electric wine opener

Cuisinart Vacuum Sealer Cordless Wine Opener

What you need to know: This electric opener is designed to easily remove corks with the press of a button.

What you’ll love: With a single charge, this opener can open 80 bottles and recharges quickly when placed on the charging port. It includes a separate foil cutter to remove the wrapping around the cork.

What you should consider: After using this corkscrew several times, a few customers reported issues with the cork not being removed entirely and breaking in the bottle.

Top electric wine opener for the money

Oster Cordless Electric Wine Opener

What you need to know: It’s a cordless corkscrew designed for easy wine opening in seconds.

What you’ll love: This electric wine opener stays charged for six to eight hours or around 30 bottles. It comes with a foil cutter and recharging base approved for 110- to 120-watt voltage.

What you should consider: A couple of customers reported issues with this opener removing synthetic corks.

Best wine opener kit

If you have a home bar, consider getting a wine kit to fit any wine needs fully. They come with an opener, a recharging device, stoppers to preserve wine and an aerator to help your wine breathe.

Top wine opener kit

Ivation Wine Gift Set

What you need to know: This upscale wine opener set comes with everything you need for white or red wine.

What you’ll love: The kit comes complete with an electric opener, a charging station, vacuum wine preserver, foil cutter, two stoppers and an aerator for total wine care. It is designed for a home bar setting and can remove up to 30 corks on a single charge.

What you should consider: A couple of customers reported having a cork get stuck inside the remover, ruining the opener.

Top wine opener kit for the money

Smaier Corkscrew Wine Opener Set

What you need to know: This is a manual wine opener set with a push-pull handle for easy cork removal.

What you’ll love: With nine pieces, this extensive set includes the opener, foil cutter, aerator, two extra screws, a stopper, collar, pour spout and a box to keep it organized. The design requires minimal effort to use and comes with a two-year warranty.

What you should consider: A couple of people reported that it did not pierce the cork properly and pushed it inside the bottle.

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The Dakota County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a double shooting Wednesday as a homicide and attempted suicide, according to the sheriff.

Deputies responded to the shooting in Castle Rock Township, south of Farmington, at 2:20 p.m. They found a woman dead from a gunshot wound, and a man wounded with a gunshot wound to the head.

The man was transported to a hospital and was alive as of late afternoon, according to the sheriff’s office.

There were other people in the home, though they didn’t witness what happened, said Sheriff Joe Leko. The sheriff’s office is investigating.

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump marked Christmas Eve by quizzing children calling in about what presents they were excited about receiving, while promising to not let a “bad Santa” infiltrate the country and even suggesting that a stocking full of coal may not be so bad.

Vacationing at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, the president and first lady Melania Trump participated in the tradition of talking to youngsters dialing into the North American Aerospace Defense Command, which playfully tracks Santa’s progress around the globe.

“We want to make sure that Santa is being good. Santa’s a very good person,” Trump said while speaking to kids ages 4 and 10 in Oklahoma. “We want to make sure that he’s not infiltrated, that we’re not infiltrating into our country a bad Santa.”

He didn’t elaborate.

Trump has often marked Christmases past with criticisms of his political enemies, including in 2024, when he posted, “Merry Christmas to the Radical Left Lunatics.” During his first term, Trump wrote online early on Dec. 24, 2017, targeting a top FBI official he believed was biased against him, as well as the news media.

But Trump was in a jovial mood this time. He even said, I “could do this all day long,” but likely would have to get back to more pressing matters like efforts to quell the fighting in Russia’s war with Ukraine.

When an 8-year-old from North Carolina, asked if Santa would be mad if no one leaves cookies out for him, Trump said he didn’t think so, “But I think he’ll be very disappointed.”

“You know, Santa’s — he tends to be a little bit on the cherubic side. You know what cherubic means? A little on the heavy side,” Trump joked. “I think Santa would like some cookies.”

The president and first lady Melania Trump sat side-by-side and took about a dozen calls between them. At one point, while his wife was on the phone and Trump was waiting to be connected to another call, he noted how little attention she was paying to him: “She’s able to focus totally, without listening.”

Asked by an 8-year-old girl in Kansas what she’d like Santa to bring, the answer came back, “Uh, not coal.”

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“You mean clean, beautiful coal?,” Trump replied, evoking a favored campaign slogan he’s long used when promising to revive domestic coal production.

“I had to do that, I’m sorry,” the president added, laughing and even causing the first lady, who was on a separate call, to turn toward him and grin.

“Coal is clean and beautiful. Please remember that, at all costs,” Trump said. “But you don’t want clean, beautiful coal, right?”

“No,” the caller responded, saying she’d prefer a Barbie doll, clothes and candy.

Associated Press writer Darlene Superville contributed from Washington.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A grand jury has declined to indict the father of two Kentucky State University students who was charged with murder in an on-campus shooting that killed one student and critically injured another.

In a social media post after the Tuesday hearing, defense attorney Scott Danks said grand jurors decided not to indict his client, Jacob Lee Bard, for the Dec. 9 shooting and he is out of jail. In a previous statement sent to news outlets, Bard’s attorneys have said that 20 to 30 people had gathered to attack his son and family, and that he was justified in shooting two people who were beating his son.

After the grand jury decision, Kentucky State officials said they “will cooperate with law enforcement and investigators as appropriate” and are focused on student safety and well-being.

Bard’s attorneys say the family was moving their younger son out, with two armed campus police officers present, after withdrawing both sons from school because of “multiple armed, violent” incidents against them and other students in the days leading up to Dec. 9, some captured on security cameras.

When the family and an officer reached the dormitory entrance on the move-out day, the group of people in masks and hoods rushed out and began violently assaulting the family and others, including beating the son’s head against the pavement, the attorneys said.

In October, the younger son reported a burglary in his dorm room to campus police and received threats of violence afterward, the attorneys said.

Because of continued death threats, the sons are now staying in an undisclosed location, the attorneys added.

“Jacob’s actions were absolutely justified under the law, and were the only measure that prevented his son’s death or serious injury,” the attorneys wrote.

Investigators have said the shooting was isolated, but they have not publicly shared details of the circumstances or a possible motive. The shooting killed 19-year-old De’Jon Fox of Indianapolis.

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In a message to the campus community, Kentucky State said the grand jury decision “does not lessen the pain our community continues to feel, nor does it change our priorities.”

“Our commitment remains centered on supporting our students and ensuring Kentucky State University is a safe place to learn, live, and work,” it said.

The shooting was the second in four months near the residence hall. Someone fired multiple shots from a vehicle on Aug. 17, striking two people who the university said weren’t students. Frankfort police said one victim was treated for minor injuries and the second sustained serious injuries. The dorm and at least one vehicle were damaged by gunfire.

Police have said Bard, 48, is from Evansville, Indiana, which is about 150 miles west of Frankfort. He had also been charged with first-degree assault.

Kentucky State is a public historically Black university with about 2,200 students. Lawmakers authorized the school’s creation in 1886.