Italian Wine

Well, That’s a First

Posted on by Natalie
09
Feb

I’ll admit that I’ve broken plenty of corks.

But I’ve never broken the corkscrew:

I was momentarily stumped.

Luckily, I remembered I bought a pair of pliers at Ikea! (I know, I know I swore I would never go back there).

In Italian, “corkscrew” is cavatappi. Cavatappi is one of my favorite Italian words because it feels like a curly-cue in your mouth as you say it.  Gotta love onomatopoeia.

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Natalie

Natalie is a food and travel writer who has been living in Rome full time since 2010. She is the founder and editor of this blog and prefers all of her days to include coffee, gelato, and wine.

2 thoughts on “Well, That’s a First”

  1. neekoh says:

    I was JUST about to say “onomatopoeia”!

    LOL, I love your blog, it makes me laugh on a regular basis. Miss you. I’m counting down the days until we get to have espresso and chianti together.

    XXo,
    Neek Neek

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