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Orlando Villella, Ed.D.
 
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Default wine seeping from corks

these are new corks, we thoroughly soaked them before use. We did not stand
them up for a few days and I realize now that I should have. The seepage
seems not to have gotten worse. Perhaps I will try the wax seal. Thanks.

"Stephen" > wrote in message
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> You could re-cork, and then place the bottles of wine in the fridge to

kill
> off any
> excess yeast, and or use wax seal after re-corking,
> Stephen SG, UK
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> "Orlando Villella, Ed.D." > wrote in message
> news:mstnc.13181$z06.2229478@attbi_s01...
> | We have attempted to make a Chianti from a kit and all is well so far we
> | think. We followed the instructions completely and made it through
> | clarification and bottling. After about a week we noticed that some
> bottles
> | have a few drops of wine seeping through the center of the corks. Is

this
> | anything to be concerned about at this stage? Thanks.
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