"Steven" > wrote in message
...
> Can I use a Iodine based solution to sanitize my wine bottles or do I need
> to use Camden solution? Also do I have to rinse/dry either solution out
of
> the bottle bofore bottling the wine?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Steven

Steven, I wash wine bottles Sunday mornings using a cup of automatic
dishwasher detergent and a couple of ounces of Clorox in a sink of hot
water. I rinse the bottles three times in hot water. The bottles are
stored points down in clean cardboard cartons and the cartons are stored in
a clean, dry place. Several months later, I remove the bottles from the
cartons and fill them with wine. I have been bottling 200 to 300 cartons of
wine a year for 20 years using second hand bottles. No problems yet.

lum,
Del Mar, Cal. USA