Although it comes in handy if your drill dies on you like mine did the other day. It was a PITA to use the handle, but thankfully my grain bill was small.
I got mine a couple days ago. Same as yours, it's got some gunk to clean off.
The only problem with mine is that I went ahead and ordered the additional handle, and that handle doesn't fit. Oh well. I'll be using it with a drill almost exclusively anyway.
EDIT: I contacted Adventures in...
I tried this out tonight on some bottles of apfelwein. Other than the wax cracking on a couple bottles, it worked beautifully.
To aid in wax removal, I wrapped floral stem tape around the top of the bottle and doubled it over to leave a tag hanging off. I tried it on one of the bottles and it...