Antique Corkscrews and Champagne Taps

Corkscrews have been the subject of avid interest for some 30 - 50 years with many clubs devoted solely to their collection.  Many hundreds of designs have been patented or registered in Britain and around the world, and some are very rare indeed.  The first book on exclusively on corkscrews was published as recently as 1981, but since then, several dozen others have appeared.

The doyen of corkscrew collecting clubs is The International Correspondence of Corkscrew Addicts (ICCA), but its membership is by invitation and the numbers are strictly limited to 50.  The largest club is the CCCC - The Corkscrew Collectors Club of Canada - which is actually international in its membership.  In Britain there is the ABCDE - the Association of British Corkscrew Devotees and Enthusiasts - well, that says it all doesn't it!

Our stock of corkscrews is, as with other areas of wine accessories, primarily centered around high quality and practicality.  That does not preclude rarities, but it does mean, for example, that we would prefer to have a superb example of a plain T corkscrew at £75, than a Hull's Presto with a bent and shortened helix at £750.  However, we have been known to have some fine examples which are also rare.

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