Cyber Monday Specials

Cyber Monday is here, so now is the time to buy while stock levels are high. Check TwistedCorkscrew floating shopping cart for Cyber Monday specials. Free Shipping on all Cyber Monday purchases over #75.00 . Other discount code (cheer2010) available for all purchases over $75.00 thru 10 Dec 2010.

Cork Cage Bottle Stoppers and Ornaments are another way of holding on to your wine memories - storing the cork as a keepsake! Convenient too… just remove the cork from your bottle of wine, and place the cork right into the stopper or ornament. This small accessory (wine barrel, pineapple, wine bottle) makes a big presentation with all the same meticulous hand-crafted metal detail as the original Cork Cage. Decorate your tree with these unique cork cage ornaments, your friends will all want one. So pick one up for a friend, these are great Holiday gifts that will be cherished forever.

Holiday Shopping

Tis the season to splurge on a gift for a friend or loved one. There are some amazing deals on the internet so start surfing to find that wine aerator, painted wine glass or some really unique stocking stuffer. Right now stores are well stocked but don't wait to the last minute or you could be out of luck. Twisted Corkscrew carries a large selection of wine accessories plus gourmet classic accessories, party supplies for home or for a picnic. Take a look at our top quality line of Sutherland picnic basket and backpacks, you won't be disappointed. We have recently added cheese trays and peppermills for those gourmet cooks and party givers. Stop by and visit our store TwistedCorkscrew and let us know what you like or don't like about our website. Send us an email and we will send you a discount code for your next purchase.

A Good Chablis

A real Chablis is a white wine from France. When I was younger and ask for a glass of white wine at a restaurant they would bring me a glass of domestic Chablis. As I know now that wasn’t Chablis but the domestic version of the real thing and not in a good way. Chablis is named after a town in France located in the white wine district just over 100 miles from Paris. Most real Chablis is a little pricey for the average budget these days but Trader Joe’s is selling a real 2008 Chablis for $7.99, yes that’s not a typo. The wine is produced by Jacques Bourguignon and it’s very good at an amazing price. 2008 is touted as a excellent year for Chablis so here’s your chance to take advantage of the bargain price and pick up a few bottles.
The Chablis from Trader Joe’s fresh, crisp wine with a refreshing acidity. This should go well with any seafood. So pick up some Chablis at Trader Joe’s then visit TwistedCorkscrew for your wine accessory. We carry many products to enhance your wine experience like Decanting accessories, Ravenscorft Crystal Wine Glasses and Decanters and those crazy wine bottle holders or the decorative metal wine caddies. Please send us any comments or recommendations you have for wine or wine accessories.

Wine Accessories

Wine is becoming more and more popular. Besides the health benefits people are excited to pair wine with their favorite food. The Food Channel has opened people’s eyes on their options for cooking at home plus all of the shows promote wine with the meals. TwistedCorkscrew.com does it’s best to provide the widest selection and best prices on corkscrews, wine openers, decanters, wine glasses, personal wine maker and more. Right now we are running an unadvertised special on waiter corkscrews for 15% off. This is on all waiter’s corkscrews including Laguiole, La Vigne, Le Thiers and VacuVin. We carry a large selection of funny and quirky wine holders and metal wine caddies which are excellent gifts for any occasion. If you need a top quality picnic basket are backpacks you must check out our great selection with a lifetime guarantee. I could go on forever about our product line including uncorking machines, gourmet classic accessories but check it out for yourself.

Summer (Swimming Pool) Wines

When the weather gets warmer and everyone to the pool what is your favorite wine. Personally, I don’t want anything to heavy or complex. Sauvignon Blanc or Riesling are great white wines for the hot days of Summer. But if you like red wines go for a lighter bodied red served lightly chilled. Beaujolais is an excellent choice. Beaujolais are light bodied rede with intense color and fruitiness and low tannins. They are meant to be drunk young and chilled to a temperature in the mid 50’s similar to a rose’. The basic red wine from Beaujolais is simply labeled Beaujolais which generally come from less distinguished vineyards in the south of France. The wines labeled Beaujolais-Villages are a step up in quality and come from grapes grown in villages located in the hilly min-section. The best Beaujolais wines are Beaujolais Cru which come from one of ten villages in the northern part of the region. These wines go well with cheese, appetizers and other light fare. Have fun tasting these different wines and have a great summer. Check out TwistedCorkscrew for all your favorite wine accessories.

Tucson Arizona

We spent a great week in Tucson a couple of weeks ago. Beautiful scenery, great hiking trails and friendly people. Besides Tucson we visted Scottsdale, Tombstone and Bisbee. We hiked some excellent trails in the national parks..........what a great bargain national parks provide. Also visted the Pima Air and Space Museum and the Aircraft Boneyard truly amazing. We stayed at the Wingate and met a father and his daughter (Hanna) from Ipswich, England. We were relaxing in the pool when we met Hanna very cute and engaging young girl . She was funny and talkative and we had a pleasant time swimming with her. Hanna and her father were supposed to leave for home on Thursday but their return was posponed because of the ash clouds from the volcano in Iceland. We hope they arrived home safely in time for Hanna's 10th birthday on Tuesday (April, 20th). If you know Hanna from Ipswich please wish her a belated birthday wish from the American's (Jim, Mimi, John, Cindy). Tell Hanna I'm practicing the swimming strokes she taught me. Visit TwistedCorkscrew for great wine accessories.

Taste of Crete Oil Oil and Vinegar gift packages

We are proud to offer gift packages exclusively designed by Taste of Crete for TwistedCorkscrew. Taste of Crete is the home of the finest Greek Products available in the US. Offering a wide variety of gourmet Greek foods such as Greek Olive Oil, Greek Honey, Honey and Nut Spreads, and Greek Olive Oil Cookies. Taste of Crete is privileged to work with some of the most innovative and exceptional specialty and gourmet food producers in Greece. Taste of Crete works closely with farmers, artisanal producers and cooperatives to bring to the US some of the most delicious and flavorful artisanal products that Greece has to offer. The Biolea Organic Olive Oil Set contains three organic single estate grown olive oils. We also have a stunning set of our Ta Mylelia Handcrafted Vinegars in striking decorative glass bottles topped with a wooden cork and packed in a gift box with ribbon. This Herb Infused Vinegars Sets make an excellent gift for your favorite cook.

Spring and Summer Wine Accessories

As the spring weather starts to push the winter cold away we all start thinking about our spring and summer activities such as picnics, concerts in the park, sports events, office parties and more. Now is the best time to pickup up some great wine accessories for your outdoor events. We carry a wide selection of picnic baskets, backpacks, picnic blankets, barbecue tools, stadium seats and the ever popular picnic stix wine set. Our line of picnic baskets and backpacks are from Sutherland Baskets and Picnic at Ascot. These are top of the line products with Lifetime Warranty. Our Picnic Stix Wine Sets have been one of our most popular selling items and sell at a bargain price of $12.95 which include one bottle holder and two wine glass holders. These are a perfect match with any of the picnic baskets we carry. So don’t wait start shopping at TwistedCorkscrew

What to expect when you buy online

Buying online is the way of the future but what do you know about the website.

No matter who you buy from online read the ‘about us’ page. That will tell you about the return policy, mission statement, contact information, shipping policy, telephone number and other information pertinent to customers. The “home page’ may also contain worthwhile information.

It’s important that the website always provides an email address and a contact number. Why would you want to deal with a company that you can’t easily contact?

Like any retail store, brick and mortar or internet, customer service is key. Price is important but customer service is number #1.

If you can’t find the answer on the website call or email and you should get a response within 24 hours.

Some internet companies allow you to buy products that are not in stock but you may not find out until the order is already placed…………not cool.

Don’t write a website off because you had a problem, it happens to every company. What’s important is how they handled the problem. If they act quickly to resolve the problem you can bet customer service is high on their priority.

Be smart and informed, after all, it’s your money

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Gourmet Classic Accessories

TwistedCorkscrew is delighted to introduce our new product line for the gourmet. Let us be your one stop shopping website for all your party supplies and gourmet classic accessories. We now carry bamboo cheese boards, cheese tools sets, slate cheese boards, peppermills, party plates and supplies and much more. Let us help you make your party successful with our large selection of party supplies. While your shopping checkout the great selction of corkscrews, we carry waiters corkscrews, wing corkscrews, specialty openers and replica antique corkscrews.

Ravencroft

Ravenscroft is the Leader in Handmade Lead-free Crystal for Fine Wines and Spirits. Ravenscroft Crystal combines the qualities of old-world European craftsmanship with a modern understanding of how the shape of a wine glass can significantly enhance the tasting experience like the Amplifier Pro or The Invisibles Collection. Ravenscroft glassware designs are developed out of the deepest respect for great wine and are hand blown in nearly 30 different styles; each of which are the result of thousands of years of glass making trial-and-error. Their ultimate goal is to enhance the bouquet and taste of the wine or spirit for which it was made.Ravescroft also takes the same care in making both their Wine decanters and Distiller glasses and decanters.

Express Shipping Rates for UPS

At TwistedCorkscrew we get a number of orders that the customer chooses UPS Next Day Air or UPS 2nd Day Air which are much more costly than UPS Ground. What many of our customers don’t realize is that these type of shipments are for business days only which do not include Saturday or Sunday deliveries. So it is important to make sure you really want to spend the extra money on an express shipment know when that shipment will be delivered. Depending on your shipping destination and the shipper location UPS Ground maybe just as fast. We have frequently seen UPS Ground shipments delivered within 2 days.

Domestic UPS shipments include all 50 states and Puerto Rico, with some limitations in Alaska and Hawaii
Some locations in Alaska and Hawaii require additional transit time

For your convenience and to eliminate confusion we have included UPS shipping methods and the delivery commitment time.

UPS Express Critical - Same Day - Delivery time provided on order placement
UPS Next Day Air Early AM - Next Business Day - Delivery as early as 8:00 a.m
UPS Next Day Air - Next Business Day - Delivery typically by 10:30 a.m
UPS Next Day Air Saver -Next Business Day - Delivery typically by 3:00 p.m.
UPS 2nd Day Air AM - 2 Business Days - Delivery typically by 10:30 a.m
UPS 2nd Day Air - 2 Business Days - Delivery typically by end of day
UPS 3 Day Select - 3 Business Days - Delivery by end of day
UPS Ground 1-5 - Business Days - Delivery based on distance to destination

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New Products

We now carry the new Ravi decanter which is the most innovative and convenient tool of it’s kind. It’s uniqueness resides in it’s clever modular design. Made of 2 detachable sections, it’s never been easier to clean and wipe the inside of a decanter.The Ravi decanter allows you to properly aerate your wine and instantly serve it at perfect temperature according to wine temperature guidelines. This unique 2 in 1 module will allow you to replace the neck of the decanter with a Ravi instant wine refresher. Then simply pour and the Ravi gently refreshes your wine to enhance your drinking pleasure. A valve on the collar of the instant wine refresher controls the temperature. Visit or website TwistedCorkscrew to buy the Ravi and many other fine wine accessories.

Wine

Accidents happen and when it happens with wine there is a company called Accidental Wine Company that buys the blemished but unbroken bottles of wine that the retailer doesn't want. They then resell the wine over the internet (www.accidentalwine.com) for a third of what it would normally cost. What great innovative idea! Accidents happen so why not take advantage of getting some good wine at a bargain price. The company buys wines that have misprinted, damaged labels, wines with discontinued labels, basically any wines that retailers won't sell. Everybody wins, the winemaker doesn't need to dump the leftover stock, Accidental Wine makes money and the customer gets quality wine at a discounted price. This site is definitely worth checking out. Don't forget to visit TwistedCorkscrew and pickup a corkscrew or decanter for that wine you buy from the Accidental Wine Company.

Internet shopping versus Brick and Mortar retail stores

I went to a couple of retail stores recently to pickup a few small items. Checkout took 30 minutes. These retail stores have multiple checkout lines but many of the cashiers have been laid off after the Holiday season. So the shopper pays the price by waiting in the checkout lane. On the internet you can shop multiple stores for many different products in the comfort of your home, office or while eating lunch at the local diner without wasting your precious time standing in a checkout line. You may argue that you get the product immediately when you shop at the brick and mortar stores and there’s no shipping. That’s true but you will pay sales tax which can be equivalent to the shipping cost. Our society seems to expect almost need instant gratification so if that’s what you need then there is no alternative other than driving from store to store to buy your product an take it home now. However, if you can reprogram your priorities and plan ahead you will save money and time by shopping on the internet. Spend your free time in a more enjoyable way, shop online. Check out TwistedCorkscrew.com for top quality wine accessories and gifts. Use this coupon (lad567) for a 5% discount on you next purchase through 28 Feb 2010.