We know you don't have a butler, but if you did, this would be his friend. It both pulls corks and opens bottles; just wiggle the stainless-steel prongs down between the cork and the bottle, and they'll securely grip the cork as you pull it out. The Butler's Friend is not a corkscrew, so it removes corks with virtually no damage, handy for older bottles with fragile corks. You can even use the Butler's Friend to place corks back in the bottle. 10-year warranty.