Château LAGUIOLE corkscrew Special Edition Freemason

One theme and one material per model: the Château LAGUIOLE sommelier corkscrews that tell a story

Château LAGUIOLE Special Editions are sommelier corkscrews, each built around a theme: a tribute, a culture, a partnership or an emotion. The handle, its material and its decoration carry the subject; the mechanism is that of the house's sommelier corkscrews, made in Thiers, France. Seven models make up the collection: Eros, its serpent wood handle carrying an engraved mythological scene, Sakura in Japanese cherry wood, First, which revives the design of the very first 1993 corkscrew, Freemason with its mosaic handle, Monaco in red and white acrylic or in olive wood, and Le Rouge et le Noir. Six models are built with two bolsters, the metal caps that close the handle at each end; Le Rouge et le Noir has one. All carry the forged bee and the guilloché work, a decorative engraving cut along the back of the corkscrew. Monaco wears the red and white of the Monegasque flag, in partnership with the Association Monégasque des Sommeliers in support of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation. On the product page, show only the sentence for the model concerned. The Classic, with one bolster, is the house's original sommelier corkscrew (225 €). The Grand Cru keeps the same silhouette with two bolsters, for intensive service (225 €). The Melchior widens the handle for a fuller grip (260 €). The World's Best Sommelier series carries models personalised by the winners of the ASI competition (290 €), and Opus gathers one-of-a-kind pieces. A Special Edition stands apart by its subject: material, decoration or engraving are chosen to tell a theme, on a two-bolster construction like the Grand Cru for six models out of seven. Prices run from 240 € for First to 300 € for Freemason. Château LAGUIOLE was founded in 1993 by Guy Vialis, a sommelier who wanted to turn a service tool into a work of art. After his death in 2016, the brand was taken over at the end of 2017 by LIGNE W, the company founded in 2008 by Sébastien Lézier, then brought under the Maison Château LAGUIOLE umbrella in 2021. The corkscrews are made in Thiers, Puy-de-Dôme, France. The house works with the ASI World's Best Sommeliers, from Shinya Tasaki, 1995 winner, who personalised his own model, to Raimonds Tomsons, 2023 winner. Every piece is stamped with the logo and delivered with a QR-coded membership card: it attests that the corkscrew comes from our workshops, and registering it online activates the lifetime warranty.