Fishing Out Cork Crumbs
Few things are more frustrating than fishing out bits of cork that have fallen into a freshly opened bottle of wine. If you’re tired of this task, try this ingenious trick.  Insert a plastic drinking straw into the neck of the opened bottle and over the cork crumb, then place a finger over the end of the straw and lift it out. A vacuum is created in the straw that traps the cork crumb along with a little wine.