Joe Sallustio wrote:

> Seriously, I may look into that but my concern is used bottles. I'm
> wondering if I wash them well and treat them with B-T-F at their
> recommended levels if that would be good enough. That has always been
> my concern. I am pretty sure I can get the wine right, it's what I'm
> putting it into that concerns me. I give most of the sweet wine away
> so I'm just not going to use new bottles, I'm just not _that_ nice a
> guy...

All my bottles are used. I have never had a problem with them. I soak
them in one step to help get rid of the labels and I use bleach to get
any stubborn residue out of the indside.