What’s a foil cutter? It’s the gadget that lets you cleanly take away the protecting on a wine cork: step one in opening the bottle.

An affordable foil cutter is without doubt one of the greatest investments to make it straightforward to open wine bottles. Although at an underneath $10 value, it’s not a lot of an funding, is it?

These little gadgets are available in a dozen or so kinds, from bunches of grapes to flip flops to sizzling lips. And they’re magnetic, so they’re at all times helpful on a fridge or vary hood or the facet of a toaster oven.

My favourite is the brilliant inexperienced frog.

Cork Pops Foil Cutters, beginning at $6.