Tested by the Hammacher Schlemmer Institute: The Best Electric Wine Opener

New York, NY, March 14, 2011 - Hammacher Schlemmer announces The Best Electric Wine Opener after it outperformed all other models in tests for ease of use, screw insertion, cork extraction, removing the cork from the screw, and features.

The Hammacher Schlemmer Institute conducts systematic testing of leading products, often working in concert with experts, independent laboratories, or consumer panels to analyze results and determine which products are The Best.

The Hammacher Schlemmer Institute commissioned a wine industry expert to test the electric wine openers. The expert opened 49 bottles with each corkscrew and she described The Best model's screw insertion as "perfectly centered" and "easiest by far," unlike lesser models that were "difficult to insert" and "caused the bottle to spin" during cork extraction

The Best Electric Wine Opener "required hardly any force" to remove both synthetic and real corks in one piece, unlike other models that "allowed the cork to get stuck" on the worm or broke off bits of cork into the wine.

"The wine industry expert rated The Best Electric Wine Opener higher than any other model for ease of use because it had the 'best instructions' and was the easiest to handle," explained Sheri Camarata, Product Research Supervisor for the Hammacher Schlemmer Institute.

The Best model removes a cork in only seven seconds, it opens up to 40 bottles after an eight-hour charge, and it comes with a foil cutter.

The Best Electric Wine Opener is available from Hammacher Schlemmer for $39.95. For more information, please visit www.hammacher.com/79783 or call 1-800-543-3366.

About The Hammacher Schlemmer Institute
The Hammacher Schlemmer Institute is a non-profit organization created in 1983 to research, test, and rate consumer products objectively and determine which products are The Best in a given category. The Institute regularly conducts rigorous product tests in laboratory and home settings, in consultation with technicians, experts, and consumer panels.

About Hammacher Schlemmer
Hammacher Schlemmer is America's longest running catalog, offering the Best, the Only, and the Unexpected since 1848. The company provides unique products that solve problems or represent the only one of their kind, and backs its products by a rather famous Lifetime Guarantee of Complete Satisfaction. Hammacher Schlemmer's innovative offerings are available through its catalog, online at www.hammacher.com at its landmark store on East 57th Street in New York City.