Sorry for replying to a very old post, but I am starting from the beginning
of the list and catching up.

So, say I order a case of bottles. I can sanitize them, stick them back in
the cases and then store them till I need them and put wine right in? I had
assumed I needed to sanitize right before bottling to kill any possible wild
yeast or such before bottling.

Also, what about loading them in a dishwasher with no soap? Will the heat
of the water and the drying period be sufficient to kill anything off, or is
there more to it that I am missing?

"Lum" wrote in message
...

"LG1111" wrote in message
...
I'm starting to bottle last year's vintage, and I wonder how everyone
sanitizes
their bottles. My local brewshop recommends using an iodophor solution
as
a
final rinse after using soap and water, but I don't like the ida of the
iodine
smell in the bottles. In years past, I've used "One-Step" as a final
rinse.
But I wonder if just washing the bottles with a solution of soap and
water
and
then making sure the soap is rinsed away is enough.

What do you all do?

Lee

Lee,
I wash bottles all year long. The clean bottles are placed points down in
clean cartons and the cartons are stored in my garage. When I bottle, I
remove the bottles from the cartons and fill them with wine. I have been
doing about 250 cases of grape wine a year for 20 years, and I find
nothing
else is required.
lum

If you buy your bottles new, I would just store them in the box until use.
Before use, I wash with hot water and a bottle brush (really hot water),
rinse out anything that could be in there, then soak in sanitizer. Take
them out, put them upside down to drip dry for a bit then fill and cap (or
cork). After drinking the bottle, I will rinse really well and put it away,
upside down. I have used the dishwasher to clean beer bottles, but I still
soak in sanitizing solution afterwards.

--
Joe Romero
Panama City, FL

no wrote in message ...
Sorry for replying to a very old post, but I am starting from the
beginning
of the list and catching up.

So, say I order a case of bottles. I can sanitize them, stick them back
in
the cases and then store them till I need them and put wine right in? I
had
assumed I needed to sanitize right before bottling to kill any possible
wild
yeast or such before bottling.

Also, what about loading them in a dishwasher with no soap? Will the heat
of the water and the drying period be sufficient to kill anything off, or
is
there more to it that I am missing?

"Lum" wrote in message
...

"LG1111" wrote in message
...
I'm starting to bottle last year's vintage, and I wonder how everyone
sanitizes
their bottles. My local brewshop recommends using an iodophor
solution
as
a
final rinse after using soap and water, but I don't like the ida of
the
iodine
smell in the bottles. In years past, I've used "One-Step" as a final
rinse.
But I wonder if just washing the bottles with a solution of soap and
water
and
then making sure the soap is rinsed away is enough.

What do you all do?

Lee

Lee,
I wash bottles all year long. The clean bottles are placed points down
in
clean cartons and the cartons are stored in my garage. When I bottle, I
remove the bottles from the cartons and fill them with wine. I have
been
doing about 250 cases of grape wine a year for 20 years, and I find
nothing
else is required.
lum

On 4/14/04 3:44 PM, in article , "no" no
wrote:

Sorry for replying to a very old post, but I am starting from the beginning
of the list and catching up.

So, say I order a case of bottles. I can sanitize them, stick them back in
the cases and then store them till I need them and put wine right in? I had
assumed I needed to sanitize right before bottling to kill any possible wild
yeast or such before bottling.

Also, what about loading them in a dishwasher with no soap? Will the heat
of the water and the drying period be sufficient to kill anything off, or is
there more to it that I am missing?

"Lum" wrote in message
...

"LG1111" wrote in message
...
I'm starting to bottle last year's vintage, and I wonder how everyone
sanitizes
their bottles. My local brewshop recommends using an iodophor solution
as
a
final rinse after using soap and water, but I don't like the ida of the
iodine
smell in the bottles. In years past, I've used "One-Step" as a final
rinse.
But I wonder if just washing the bottles with a solution of soap and
water
and
then making sure the soap is rinsed away is enough.

What do you all do?

Lee

Lee,
I wash bottles all year long. The clean bottles are placed points down in
clean cartons and the cartons are stored in my garage. When I bottle, I
remove the bottles from the cartons and fill them with wine. I have been
doing about 250 cases of grape wine a year for 20 years, and I find
nothing
else is required.
lum


The wonderful thing about wine, is that it is its own preservative. That is,
it has a high enough alcohol content to protect it. And we use appropriate
levels of sulfite (SO2) to keep bad things at bay. There really is no need
to sanitize a clean dry bottle - the wine is a sanitizer itself.

--
Greg Cook
http://homepage.mac.com/gregcook/Wine
http://homepage.mac.com/gregcook/aws

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