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Having to forgo your favourite tipple when a corkscrew cannot be found is a thing of a past, thanks to an ingenious YouTube trick.

Mirabeau Wines owner Stephen Cronk has shown internet users how to uncork a bottle using only a shoe, a wall and a bit of muscle power.

In his latest video, which has already clocked up over 140,000 views since it was posted on Tuesday, Cronk is seen taking off the foil wrapping, placing the wine bottle in his shoe and banging it against a wall.

And, as if by magic, the cork pops up, allowing him to pull it out by hand.

The science behind it is a process called cavitation, which uses gas in the bottle to push out the cork.

According to the Science in the City blog, the bubble of air at the top of the bottle moves to the bottom as it gets accelerated backwards.

The sudden strike of the bottle against the wall then causes the wine to compress the air bubble, which in turn creates an extremely low pressure next to the cork.

This low pressure causes bubbles to form under the cork which collapse when the wine is forced away from the wall rapidly. causing the cork to pop out.

Now that little piece of science is definitely something to drink to.