After more than a year after the birth of an ‘idea, perhaps outlandish, but certainly full of charm, and, after putting up all the details, with lots of imagination and a healthy pinch of madness, Spring 2011 meeting of the AICC has finally carried out the investiture ceremony of the first Knights of the ‘Order [...]

From an idea of some members, gathered to live in a old noble residence in Tuscany during the Fall 2009 meeting of the AICC, and from the pen of a writer of short stories for children, comes the story of our ancestor, between fantasy and reality , for his love of wine and the corkscrew [...]

During the Fall 2010 Meeting of the AICC, held in Vicenza, our member Hajo Türler announced and presented the award “The Bernard Watney Award” in the world reserved for those who have made ​​important contributions to the world of corkscrews.
Watney Award 2010  was awarded during the last meeting ICCA in the U.S., to our member [...]

Barolo, October 25, 2009
Two of the most prestigious corkscrew museums have agreed their twinning: is the Museum of Barolo, created and managed by our partner Paolo Annoni, and the Museum of Menerbes, located in the wine estate of Rouard Yves Rousset, France.
The first twinning of the two parties was held on October 25, 2009 Barolo.
It [...]

“In September 2000 we received the news from the U.S. that our Honorary Member, Don Bull, had managed to acquire over the Internet, coming from South America, a valuable silver corkscrew which proved the existence of an association, the” COMPANY ‘OF TIRABUSCION , founded in Milan in 1877. The corkscrew was brought to these lands, [...]

The idea, as often happens rummaging in flea markets, by the discovery of an old publication, printing and yellowed unpretentious published in 1911 in Naples. This is a “Collection of toast and as the author shows a certain” Professor Jovial, evidently invented name that reflects the theme of the book.
The condition and conservation status are [...]

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The precoius Corkscrew, symbol of the first historical Italian Association of Corkscrew Collectors, is come back home, it bacame “italian” again.