Curious?  Read on!  Perhaps you are at a Secret Spot of some sort, or are at the moment in an adventure when a bit of wine is called for and gremlins have taken your wine bottle opener.  Your choices are: stare forlornly and miserably at the wine and wonder how nice it would be if you weren't such a loser; crudely break off the neck and hope the broken glass doesn't cause too much intestinal hemorrhaging; or, if you've read thus far, follow what I did and experience the joy and bliss of some fine wine as well as the worship and adulation of your compatriots.

Step 1. Hopefully your wine bottle has a 'punt' which is the indent on the bottom (if not check to see that maybe the top doesn't just screw off!).

Step 2. Find a broad, solid wooden surface such as an oak tree or forehead of your least favorite politician.

Step 3. Firmly grasping the bottle, strike the base of the bottle against the wooden surface.  Be sure to strike perpendicular to the surface i.e. the bottle would be horizontal if using the oak tree method.

Several solid taps should result in the cork walking itself out of the top of the bottle.  You can actually get the cork to pop all the way out without touching it at all.  A handy little way to place a few bets around the campfire and make a couple of extra bucks, ya?

That is all for now.  Drink up and savor!