The Durand® Wine Cork Remover for Old & Vintage Bottles

The Durand® is the tool for the moments that matter

For the bottles you’ve saved for decades, an ordinary corkscrew is a gamble. The Durand® removes old and fragile corks whole and intact — every time.

The Durand vintage wine cork remover for old bottles

Removes Corks Whole

Eliminates floating cork in vintage wines -- never push the cork into the bottle again.

Proven on the Hardest Corks

Repeatedly tested on the most challenging corks — performing consistently and flawlessly.

Trusted Worldwide

Enjoyed by wine lovers, collectors, and nationally and internationally known sommeliers.

Aged wine bottles resting in a cellar

The moment every collector fears.

You’ve waited decades for this bottle. The cork has, too.

An ordinary corkscrew bites in, and the cork — dry, brittle, compromised, decades old — begins to crumble. Fragments drift into the wine that can never be poured straight from the bottle again. The bottle you saved for the occasion becomes the bottle that defined it, for the wrong reason.

For the wines that matter most, the most fragile moment is the one before the bottle is ever open.

The Instrument That Answers It

Engineered for the corks that defeat everything else.

Its two-part design enhances the best features of a corkscrew and an ah-so opener, creating something more specialized. By stabilizing the cork through its full length, even the most delicate cork is removed whole and intact, preserving the wine's original quality. The Durand® has been repeatedly tested on the most challenging corks, performing consistently and flawlessly.

  • 1 The helix anchors gently into the center of the cork.
  • 2 Twin blades slide down either side, cradling its full length.
  • 3 A slow continuous turn lifts the cork out — whole, contained, intact.
How to Use The Durand®
The Durand two-part wine opener, front view

“The Durand® is invaluable! As a floor sommelier with some older offerings, I haven’t had any corks disintegrate from usage of the Durand®, even some real mules which are notorious for making cork dust (50’s Bordeaux, late 60’s Napa) Thanks for the great product!”

Jason Caballero
Advanced Sommelier (Court of Master Sommeliers), Lead Sommelier Michael Mina's Bourbon Steak

“It has been the most valuable wine tool I have ever used… The Durand® has been so valuable I hope everyone gets one and enjoys it…”

AJ McClellan
Owner of Roots and Water Fine Wines

“I have opened hundreds of bottles flawlessly with The Durand®. Typical issues of problem cork removal are eliminated with The Durand’s® unique ability to stabilize the cork during extraction, eliminating side tension, the primary cause of cork fracture and breakage. It is a “must-have” tool for the wine enthusiast and Sommelier to avoid cork removal issues.

I give The Durand® my highest recommendation.”

Jack Rubyn
Chairman, International Wine & Food Society, Haskell Norman Branch, Marin County California

“At the American Wine Society National Conference Nov. 7-9, we had a vertical tasting of Faustino Gran Reserva Rioja back to 1964. The presenter brought his Durand and it opened the ’64, ’70, ’82 and ’00 Faustino’s without a single broken cork. The picture shows him holding the unbroken cork from the ’64 with The Durand nearby.”

John Hames
Executive Director, American Wine Society

“When opening some of the world’s oldest and rarest wines, there is only one option, The Durand. It is the single greatest wine opener on the planet, and I don’t leave home without it.”

David Wainwright
International Fine Wine Advisor

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