"Charlie" > wrote in message
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> Long time lurker here, first question.
>
>
> Last year some friends and I picked, crushed, fermented, pressed and
> bottled a tonne of Shiraz Grapes (We're in Australia).
>
> We have discovered that the bottles have the dreaded rotten egg gas in
> them...
>
> : -(
>
> All the advice I can find is to tip them down the sink and get ready for
> the 04 vintage, knowing that at least you'll have a decent thirst up by
> then. Has anyone heard of any post bottle remedies for H2S??
>
> Any ideas would be appreciated - we have nothing to loose...
>
> Cheers
> Charlie

Charlie, about the only thing you can do at this point is to de-bottle the
wine. Get it back into a bulk container and then treat the lot with a 1%
copper sulfate solution. More info near the bottom of the page here
http://home.att.net/~lumeisenman/chapt12.html
Good luck,
lum