I live in WA and it has been cold and damp for weeks. I tried to
sanitize and rinse my wine bottles, but days later, they are still not
dry!!! what can I do? Do they need to be sanitized and dried again?
how can I get the bottles to dry quickly. I really need some advice,
thanks.

wrote:

I live in WA and it has been cold and damp for
weeks. I tried to sanitize and rinse my wine
bottles, but days later, they are still not
dry!!! what can I do? Do they need to be
sanitized and dried again? how can I get the
bottles to dry quickly. I really need some
advice, thanks.

You are kidding, aren't you?
Use as is. I don't know anyone who waits until
they are dry.

On Dec 17, 7:10 pm, "Paul E. Lehmann" wrote:

You are kidding, aren't you?
Use as is. I don't know anyone who waits until
they are dry.

Worse yet, if they're allowed to dry they could actually become
contaminated again. I would never let the bottles dry, nor would I
rinse them after sanitizing them. What's the point of sanitizing them
if you're just going to rinse them again?

My obsessive-compulsive tendencies drive me to do repeated tap water
rinses followed by repeated distilled water rinses followed by a final
rinse with a sulfite solution made with distilled water. As soon as
possible after this I start filling and corking.

Greg G.

On Dec 18, 4:37 am, wrote:
On Dec 17, 7:10 pm, "Paul E. Lehmann" wrote:

You are kidding, aren't you?
Use as is. I don't know anyone who waits until
they are dry.

Worse yet, if they're allowed to dry they could actually become
contaminated again. I would never let the bottles dry, nor would I
rinse them after sanitizing them. What's the point of sanitizing them
if you're just going to rinse them again?

My obsessive-compulsive tendencies drive me to do repeated tap water
rinses followed by repeated distilled water rinses followed by a final
rinse with a sulfite solution made with distilled water. As soon as
possible after this I start filling and corking.

Greg G.
If you really want them to dry, you could do what I do with manual
washing and rinse them well under very very hot water. The heat tends
to evaporate the water off quicker than cold rinses. I must admit I
would go with the other posters if possible and bottle once rinsed.

For this reason I de-label and rinse through on different days so that
my rinsing can coincide with bottling...

Jim

On Dec 17, 6:08 pm, wrote:
I live in WA and it has been cold and damp for weeks. I tried to
sanitize and rinse my wine bottles, but days later, they are still not
dry!!! what can I do? Do they need to be sanitized and dried again?
how can I get the bottles to dry quickly. I really need some advice,
thanks.

Theoretically, if your wine is protected with enough SO2 you don't
even need to rinse them but I'm not recommending it. Rinse until they
smell clean then fill and cork.