Push it out from where it connects to the glass lip on the bottle, can be tight. If that doesn’t work use a knife to pry one side up and you’re sorted.
OregonDictator
The bar is called an agrafe. Kind of a pain in the ass but you can wedge it loose with a small knife. Just be careful because sometimes it’ll fly out.
votequimby2016
Hi, that’s an agrafe (French for staple). Take a knife or a screwdriver and unlatch one side from below the bottle lip while keeping your thumb over the top of the cork. Remove agrafe and open cork as usual.
Thesorus
A thumb on the top of the cork and a small flat screwdriver to open the “thing” (don’t know the name) that braces the cork.
anonymoususer5511227
Solved! Thanks so much everyone 🙂
putthetopdown
Use a saber
AverageGatsby91
There was a Lambrusco that was really popular a couple of years ago that had this same enclosure.
Probably saw people asking how to open it about a half dozen times.
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Its the old style of champagne corks, look up how to open a bottle of henri giraud champagne.
Nothing. That’s just the closure on that kind of wine. Rather than a more traditional Champagne cage over the cork, it has that bail.
You just pry it off. See this video: [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7zkhjcC1qNg](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7zkhjcC1qNg)
Push it out from where it connects to the glass lip on the bottle, can be tight. If that doesn’t work use a knife to pry one side up and you’re sorted.
The bar is called an agrafe. Kind of a pain in the ass but you can wedge it loose with a small knife. Just be careful because sometimes it’ll fly out.
Hi, that’s an agrafe (French for staple). Take a knife or a screwdriver and unlatch one side from below the bottle lip while keeping your thumb over the top of the cork. Remove agrafe and open cork as usual.
A thumb on the top of the cork and a small flat screwdriver to open the “thing” (don’t know the name) that braces the cork.
Solved! Thanks so much everyone 🙂
Use a saber
There was a Lambrusco that was really popular a couple of years ago that had this same enclosure.
Probably saw people asking how to open it about a half dozen times.
Just fucking saber it.
These are so annoying
Saber it! 🗡️
When in doubt….Saber!
Have you hear of the word “pliers”?
Your bottle has a butt LoL