On Sat, 15 Nov 2008 03:54:39 -0800 (PST), jim c
> wrote:

>It is possible, though after mixing sulfite rinse I always leave and
>throw the bottm bit and watch to try to avoid such. Is there any hope
>that the sulfite taste will diminish further with time?

The taste may mellow with time, as many flavors do. I would give it a
chance.

Have you considered using a bottle rinser like the one in the link
below and using an iodophor solution, 12.5 ppm, which is no-rinse at
that concentration?

http://www.ebrew.com/Products_B/bottle_rinser.jpg

Taste tests have shown this level to not affect taste and you don't
have to drain the bottles. The rinser in the link sprays the solution
well around inside the bottle. I use it in beermaking. The solution
comes out pretty quickly and is used again for the next bottle.

If you wish, you can also use a bottle draining tree like the one
below but I don't know that it will handle regular wine bottles. It is
designed to hold regular 12 or 16 ounce beer bottles. The rinser above
can clip onto the bottle tree, by the way, or be used separately.

http://www.ebrew.com/Products_B/80_p...ttle_drain.jpg

Don