A different kind of French open

Brad Widelock

Brad Widelock
So, the tennis pro at the local racquet club asked me to pour some wines for folks to enjoy while watching the French Open. It’s a good deal they buy the wine, I pour and provide the patter. Sometimes I pick up a customer. Members also bring libations of their own to enjoy poolside. Last night there were about thirty people in attendance when a woman walks up to me dressed in tennis garb holding a battery powered corkscrew and a bottle of wine with a mangled top. The volley begins.

The woman explains that her friends couldn’t get the corkscrew to work.

I point out that the bottle has a screw cap.

She says “There’s a cork under the screw cap.”

I say “Pass me the bottle.”

She does, and tries to hand me the corkscrew, which I politely decline.

She looks confused and concerned.

I proceed to open the bottle using a bar rag. When I pass it back to her, she says “Oh” and walks away.

What a match
 
Shortly after Randall Grahm moved to screwcaps I asked him how the public was taking it. He said the only complaints were from people using corkscrews.
 
Back
Top