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Default wine seeping from corks

How long did you soak them for?
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"Orlando Villella, Ed.D." > wrote in message
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| 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.
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| "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
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| > | 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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