Cork screw with integral intelligent thermometer

An intelligent corkscrew for use with corked bottles, comprising:

• means to remove a cork from a bottle;
• a temperature sensor to detect the temperature of the bottle;
• means to output the detected temperature of the bottle;
• a controller having means to input bottle temperature data from the temperature sensor;
• an output database having selectable data related to wine;
• means in the controller to select data from the output database data based on the bottle temperature;
• a plurality of EL lamps, each EL lamp indicating a specific wine category or wine type;
• and
• means to activate at least one selected EL lamp based on the bottle temperature;
• whereby the activated EL lamps indicate appropriate wines for the bottle temperature prior to removal of the cork.

An intelligent corkscrew for use with corked bottles, comprising:

• means to remove a cork from a bottle;
• a temperature sensor to detect the temperature of the bottle;
• means to output the detected temperature of the bottle;
• a wine database containing information related to wine temperature;
• means to output information based on the bottle temperature;
• a wine selector mechanism having means to input a specific wine type, wine selector mechanism further comprising a slide selector and indicia;
• means to indicate whether the bottle temperature is suitable for the specific wine type
• whereby the corkscrew outputs information related to the temperature of the bottle prior to removal of the cork.

An intelligent corkscrew for use with corked bottles, comprising:

• means to remove a cork from a bottle;
• a temperature sensor to detect the temperature of the bottle;
• means to output the detected temperature of the bottle;
• a wine database containing information related to wine temperature;
• means to output information based on the bottle temperature;
• a wine selector mechanism having means to input a specific wine type;
• means to indicate whether the bottle temperature is suitable for the specific wine type;
• an A/V database;
• information in the wine database that indicates wine category;
• and
• means to output audio data from the A/V database based on the wine category related to the bottle temperature;
• whereby the corkscrew outputs information related to the temperature of the bottle prior to removal of the cork.