Like it or not, even Frenchy might not need his corkscrew in a few years time. A lot of the new world vinters are using screw caps* (or even worse, plastic cork-like stoppers) instead of corks. Mainly to save money on corkage/spoilage.
Quite a lot of the French vinters still cling to tradition, but economics will surely outweigh any snob value attached to the humble, endangered cork.

* They don't call it "screw caps" - sounds to common - but I can't remember the true word. It amounts to the same product though.