You can cut cork down with a sharp knife, if you do it carefully.

But you could also pick up a couple of Champagne stoppers at just about any restaurant--they just toss them out, and most good restaurants will serve a couple of bottles a night, even in these times.

Champagne stoppers have narrower stems, fatter tops. They would be ideal,
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