Im disallusioned about the very, very narrow range of caps available
to the home wine maker here in the UK. I took a look around in the
supermarkets and viewed the huge range of caps that bottlers use. I
know that some are personalised to the vineyard/company but there must
be somewhere that I can buy a stock of something different thats
available to me already?

McKevvy

McKevvy,

Are you talking about corks or caps?

Shane
"McKevvy" > wrote in message
...
> Im disallusioned about the very, very narrow range of caps available
> to the home wine maker here in the UK. I took a look around in the
> supermarkets and viewed the huge range of caps that bottlers use. I
> know that some are personalised to the vineyard/company but there must
> be somewhere that I can buy a stock of something different thats
> available to me already?
>
> McKevvy

On 31 Mar, 12:51, "Shane" > wrote:
> McKevvy,
>
> Are you talking about corks or caps?
>
> Shane"McKevvy" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> > Im disallusioned about the very, very narrow range of caps available
> > to the home wine maker here in the UK. I took a look around in the
> > supermarkets and viewed the huge range of caps that bottlers use. I
> > know that some are personalised to the vineyard/company but there must
> > be somewhere that I can buy a stock of something different thats
> > available to me already?
>
> > McKevvy

Corks or caps? How can you look at a line of bottled wine and see the
corks?

CAPS.

McKevvy

> Corks or caps? How can you look at a line of bottled wine and see the
> corks?
<<...>>

Pretty easily. My bottles are stored on their sides, with the corked
ends pointing out. The first thing you see is the end of the cork.

I presume we're not talking about crown caps here (the metal closure
crimped on, commonly used for beer bottles). Are we talking about the
colored, usually plastic things placed over the corked end of the
bottle to make it look finished / pretty? The ones I've seen marketed
to home winemakers are heat shrinkable, and are available in a pretty
wide variety of colors, patterns, etc. in North America. I don't know
what's available in the UK, but there are bound to be plenty of online
merchants in the US that would be happy to sell you some of these.
They are so light that shipping for several hundred of them shouldn't
cost much.

Doug

On Mar 31, 5:10*pm, McKevvy > wrote:
> Im disallusioned about the very, very narrow range of caps available
> to the home wine maker here in the UK. I took a look around in the
> supermarkets and viewed the huge range of caps that bottlers use. I
> know that some are personalised to the vineyard/company but there must
> be somewhere that I can buy a stock of something different thats
> available to me already?
>
> McKevvy

I'm not sure what's available in the UK, but I haven't seen a huge
range here in Australia either. Have you thought of using the basic
caps but adding something to them. Some ideas: a wax seal, a ribbon
over the top, a sticker around the neck or on the top.