I live in WA and it has been cold and damp for weeks. I tried to
sanitize and rinse my wine bottles, but days later, they are still not
dry!!! what can I do? Do they need to be sanitized and dried again?
how can I get the bottles to dry quickly. I really need some advice,
thanks.

wrote:

> I live in WA and it has been cold and damp for
> weeks. I tried to sanitize and rinse my wine
> bottles, but days later, they are still not
> dry!!! what can I do? Do they need to be
> sanitized and dried again? how can I get the
> bottles to dry quickly. I really need some
> advice, thanks.

You are kidding, aren't you?
Use as is. I don't know anyone who waits until
they are dry.

On Dec 17, 7:10 pm, "Paul E. Lehmann" > wrote:

> You are kidding, aren't you?
> Use as is. I don't know anyone who waits until
> they are dry.

Worse yet, if they're allowed to dry they could actually become
contaminated again. I would never let the bottles dry, nor would I
rinse them after sanitizing them. What's the point of sanitizing them
if you're just going to rinse them again?

My obsessive-compulsive tendencies drive me to do repeated tap water
rinses followed by repeated distilled water rinses followed by a final
rinse with a sulfite solution made with distilled water. As soon as
possible after this I start filling and corking.

Greg G.

On Dec 18, 4:37 am, wrote:
> On Dec 17, 7:10 pm, "Paul E. Lehmann" > wrote:
>
> > You are kidding, aren't you?
> > Use as is. I don't know anyone who waits until
> > they are dry.
>
> Worse yet, if they're allowed to dry they could actually become
> contaminated again. I would never let the bottles dry, nor would I
> rinse them after sanitizing them. What's the point of sanitizing them
> if you're just going to rinse them again?
>
> My obsessive-compulsive tendencies drive me to do repeated tap water
> rinses followed by repeated distilled water rinses followed by a final
> rinse with a sulfite solution made with distilled water. As soon as
> possible after this I start filling and corking.
>
> Greg G.
If you really want them to dry, you could do what I do with manual
washing and rinse them well under very very hot water. The heat tends
to evaporate the water off quicker than cold rinses. I must admit I
would go with the other posters if possible and bottle once rinsed.

For this reason I de-label and rinse through on different days so that
my rinsing can coincide with bottling...

Jim

On Dec 17, 6:08 pm, wrote:
> I live in WA and it has been cold and damp for weeks. I tried to
> sanitize and rinse my wine bottles, but days later, they are still not
> dry!!! what can I do? Do they need to be sanitized and dried again?
> how can I get the bottles to dry quickly. I really need some advice,
> thanks.

Theoretically, if your wine is protected with enough SO2 you don't
even need to rinse them but I'm not recommending it. Rinse until they
smell clean then fill and cork.