"Ray Calvert" wrote in message
om...
If you are short of wine bottles, and you do not have any restaurants
around that you can ask to save bottles to get free ones, you can use
gallon jugs with solid rubber bungs very nicely. You can age in these for
a couple of years with no problem.

Actually, if the original cap is clean and still fits snugly you can use it.
Most of them have a plastic liner. If not, a couple of layers of Saran Wrap
will work OK as a gasket. Be sure that the free sulfite is where it should
be and that you don't leave any airspace over the wine. Store it in a cool
place that has relatively constant temperature.

Many years ago I filled a Gallo 3 liter screwcap bottle with wine (Cabernet)
and just left it in the cellar. On opening it some 15 years later it was
fine. It had aged, but not quite as much as the cork finished wine in
regular bottles.

Tom S