regarding the labels -

I tried the Avery labels last year, for the first time. The problem was
when I came to drink those wines, and found that those labels do not
come off too easy. Plus, they are relatively expensive.

I have gone back to simply printing labels on standard paper, and
attaching with cheap Elmer's glue all (I put a sponge in a dish and
soak it in the glue, then dab the labels on the sponge, and fix em to
the bottles.

For me, easier, cheaper, and they come off easy.


Live long - and drink lots of good wine along the way

Ric



Dave Allison wrote:
> I support what Ric said above about the history, and styles. What I've
> learned from my year experience - collect what you can, clean them good,
> and eventually if you get enough - you can sort them out and use like
> bottles for bottling. So I sort out the clear Burgundy style for my
> whites or fruit wines. The Bordeaux for reds. Though Pinot Noir is often
> in Burgundy style, so I try to sort to that. I have 144 bottles filled
> and in storage awaiting "the right time" to begin drinking, 144 empties
> ready to be filled in July from my various carboys.
>
> I sort and clean as I need, since storage of empties always get dust, or
> things (I found a 6 foot snake skin wrapped around my "empties" cases in
> the garage). Oh, and when I get a bottle empty, I soak off the label and
> run it neck down in the dishwasher prior to storage upside down in empty
> cases. Just the way I do it. I don't like to save bottles with wine
> drops hardening inside, makes it easier later. Then it's soak for a
> minute in a "no rinse" solution and 1 minute in clean cool water, hang
> to dry. then bottle.
>
> hope that helped.
> I sure liked the funnel and guzzle comment. haha.
>
> I find the "hose until your hosed" works also, just can't walk around as
> much. Can you picture a 6 gallon carboy on top the refrig with 3 hoses
> coming down -- suck till you drop. hahahahaha.
>
> DAve
> p.s. for labels, I'd recommend Avery "removable" labels, they even give
> free software to design your own labels. Sure makes removal easy.
>
> Bob Becker wrote:
> > As my two batches of wine near the final phases
> > I've begun to wonder about bottles.
> >
> > White wine usually comes in clear or amber bottles
> > with a sloping shoulder, and red wine usually comes
> > in a darker bottle with a more pronounced shoulder.
> > Any reason for this? Should I get different bottles
> > for red vs. white wine?
> >
> > Or is the important thing to just get it into a bottle,
> > wait the required time, get a funnel, and start guzzling?
> >
> > Inquiring minds want to know.
> >