Holiday Rental Essential - Bottle Openers

I have been on more than one holiday where I have rummaged in the kitchen drawers, then searched in the cupboard where the glasses are kept and come up either empty-handed or with a prehistoric looking device that is supposed to open bottles, cans and tins.

As we wrote about very early on in this series on holiday rental essentials - there is something so nice about getting back to your villa after a trip out to the beach, the shops or sightseeing and pouring the first glass of wine of the day. And, hey, if you happen to have been out first thing, perhaps this is happening at midday. You're on holiday after all!

Today we are suggesting that every holiday rental should have easy-to-find and easy-to-use bottle openers for wine and beer.

To keep everyone happy, it could be good to include a couple of different corkscrews in your holiday rental drawers. Firstly, the Wing Corkscrew (aka Butterfly or Angel Corkscrew). Pictured above is the Anna G. Corkscrew from Alessi. The second type to buy is the Wine Knife, known as a Waiter's Friend. These are easy to use, inexpensive and sold everywhere. Pictured on the above right are two options from Fortnum and Mason. The lower one includes a foil cutter.

Include some sort of openers for bottled beer and soft drinks as well. I like wall mounted bottle openers like the one pictured below - we have one of these out in our garden for summer parties.

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