Concours Lépine: its heated tongs for uncorking old wines in complete safety won over sommeliers

In addition to a gold medal, he won the Coup de coeur prize from the Île-de-France Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the 6th special prize on the honor roll at the 121st Lépine competition, last April at the Paris Fair. Aged 43, Guillaume Haro is thrilled. With his invention, The Pop Cork – which echoes “to pop out the cork” – this resident of Héricy (Seine-et-Marne) offers another way to open the bottles of wine.