Looking to jazz up a wine aficionados stocking on the cheap? Well, cheap wine won't do. So, how about a foolproof, folding, pocket-size corkscrew?

Our favorite is the European-made Pulltap's corkscrew. The classic Pulltap's retails for about $8 and is guaranteed to warm any wine lover's heart.

A vast improvement on the old-fashioned, T-shaped, screw-in-and-yank-as- hard-as-you-can cork pull, Pulltap's has a fold-out serrated foil-cutting blade and an easy-to use fulcrum and lever.

Where most cork pulls offer a single-notch, fold-down "leg" to provide leverage, Pulltap's articulated leg accommodates two notches -- one halfway down the leg and another in standard toe position...

Since the worm that you twist into the cork is mounted on a pivot point and coated for ease of entry, you can maneuver the shortest notch onto the rim of the bottle first and use the top handle to lever the cork upward. When the cork's halfway out, there's no need to resort to force; just position the second notch on the bottle rim and pry the cork free.