Video: Pat Kiernan Uncorks Wine With Shoe

The other day NY1's Pat Kiernan posted a video of a man opening a wine bottle with just the use of his shoe and a hard surface. YouTube connoisseurs know this was just a more professional take on the November 2009 classic titled: "How to open a bottle of wine shoe." Take a moment to cleanse your palate and rewatch it (or watch it for the first time) here. And now, watch as Pat Kiernan proves that you don't need to be French to pull off this stunt:

Pat, we are totally making you do this at our poutine dinner tomorrow.

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By Jen Carlson in Arts & Entertainment on July 14, 2010 4:05 PM

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rdayk

Pat is such cutie-pie! That look of concentration on his face when he was pounding the wine bottle is adorable. I love the sound of his voice while I am getting ready for work. An honorary New Yorker if there ever was one.

not from here

is this what jeff goldblum is up to these days?

rosweed

Pshaw. This is amateur. All us Canadians know how to open any vessel containing alcohol. Ask him if he can open a beer using a sharp edged counter and a quick rap with the heel of his palm. If he can't, rescind his Canadian citizenship immediately!

Cannibal

Why is everyone all on his jock? I'd be willing to bet his hands are softer than mine, and I am a dainty lady.

ed_Extinct

this ruins the wine. If you like Kedem then fine. But any respectable person, unless you're stuck in the woods without a wine key, wouldn't do this. It is however, very cool.

Cannibal

it is behavior strictly for French alcoholics

Guest

thanks for the info. i was about to learn this just to impress the ladies, and nothing more.

now i can just use your line.

Kelles

Hmm. why does this Chardonnay taste like feet?

AJ

I heart Pat Kiernan !!

beardofbees

Just proves you should only drink canned beer. Duh.

sadpanda

old. CNN covered this last year! and it's been around for longer than that.

http://www.videonewslive.com/view/390752/bottle_uncorked_with_a_shoe

Boogie Down

The reason this is news is because Pat Kiernan's doing it!

nicemarmot

Oh my god, I want him so bad right now.

vino

um what the hell. this story has been all over the blogosphere lately. The video of the frenchman has been making the rounds for a few years why is this news? Slow news day?

JohnnyOrchestra

That's Jeff Goldblum in disguise, right?

NlGGAZ

Holy shit dude you are right! Pat Kiernan is the epitome of Irish Catholic WASP but in this video it's like someone zapped him with a Jew Ray. He's all Verklempt and shit too.

Cannibal

Not so bright?

SP's Ghost

You're a complete idiot. Do you even know what WASP means? Here let me help you with that: it's white anglo saxon PROTESTANT you douche. Catholics, Irish or otherwise, are not WASPs.

NlGGAZ

of course I knew what WASP meant. DO you know what wasp really means? It means white people.

Cannibal

WASP is an acronym, meaning that the letters actually stand for complete words. In this case White Anglo Saxon Protestant. Protestant is a form or religion, differing from Catholicism. Anglo Saxon refers to the English Nation, which is not the same as Ireland.

So WASP does NOT mean Irish Catholics or 'Just white people'

Thank you for proving that you are just as stupid as we thought you were.