In article >,
Pavel314 > wrote:
>> You're not very clear about how the bottles broke. Did they break during
>> or after corking? Are the necks breaking or are the bottles just
>shattering?
>
>The top of the neck broke off while the cork was being inserted.
>
>
>> Are you using #8 or #9 corks? (#9's are wider.) Are your corks low or
>> high quality - are they cork all the way through or are you using the ones
>> with the plastic cores?
>
>High quality #9 corks, 1.75 inches long.
>
>
>> Personally, if the answer isn't apparent after you've asked yourself all
>> these questions, and you got the bottles all from the same source, I would
>> ditch the bottles.
>
>These were bottles from wine I'd purchased; after drinking the wine, they
>ended up in the recycle pile in my wine cellar.

Sounds like you need #8's for those, then...

I actually did a batch that I accidentally found out was sparkling by
coming home one day and finding that 3 #8 corks had popped. Better than
glass grenades, I guess, or I would have lost more than just 3 bottles!!
I generally use #9's now.

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