stubborn cork ruins the night

Today, I tried to make a nice dinner for myself. So I cooked some mixed vegetables and a slice of steak, and also tomato soup. I had the Wallander series loaded, to be enjoyed while I have my dinner. I also thought this would be the perfect occasion to open my shiraz. But I realized I had no bottle opener.

I went onto youtube and learned some tricks on opening a bottle without a bottle opener. One of it was to wrap your bottle in clothes or shoe, then knock the base against a hard surface repeatedly, the cork should come out then. So I tried that, banning it on the wall for 20 minutes. But other than causing significant noise pollution, I don't think I noticed any movement of the cork.

So I walked to the convenience store and get a bottle opener. And they only had the crappy ones. And I wasn't strong enough to pull my cork out. Then I used a knife, and I accidentally chipped the edge of the bottle. And then it was just disastrous. I destroyed the cork surface, I made a lot of holes through it, but the cork wouldn't budge and the wine wouldn't leak out.

So I ate my dinner without my wine.. And I spent two hours trying to open that bottle of wine.

I've decided, wherever I go tomorrow, I must come back with either a decent bottle opener or a bottle of wine that simply uses a tin cap that I can just tear open. If I end up not going anywhere.... well I'll continue screwing that cork, literally. I'll try to make a hole that's big enough to let the wine leak out.