Review of Monopol Bell Corkscrew BAROLO - Made in GermanyI purchased this wonderful corkscrew two years ago. I have used it to open about 1,000 bottles of wine (not all consumed by me, of course, ahem...). It has performed flawlessly, and shows little sign of wear, which leads me to conclude that it will probably outlast me.The package was shipped very promptly, direct from Germany, by the amazon seller Loewen-Germany.The corkscrew is of extremely fine quality, beautifully machined and finished, with a pleasant heft to it, without being too heavy. The box it comes in is meant to be disposable, but I found it nice enough to be used for permanent storage, although it does take up extra space in my drawer, as opposed to being stored loose.Some practice is needed to get the "zen" of using it, but once one does the uncorking operation may be performed with elegance and efficiency.For a detailed description of the entire uncorking process, please refer to the excellent review posted by Jackson Harris.I have opened many thousands of wine bottles, using a variety of mechanisms. This Monopol is my favorite by far.A nice feature of this design is that the operator has full control over how far the cork is pierced before the extraction phase begins. This allows for successful extraction of any length of cork.If you are an impatient sort, you should know that the popular rabbit/Metrokane lever style opener is faster, by about ten seconds. However the three that I've owned all seem to fail after just 200 to 400 bottles, sometimes in rather spectacular fashion (as in screw bends, drives cork into the bottle, red wine sprays everywhere). But, I digress.If you enjoy using fine quality tools and implements, and you are willing to devote five or ten additional seconds to the wine opening process, then you are likely to be very satisfied with this high quality Monopol Barlo corkscrew.Cheers!Joe Mooney