I am looking for a inexpensive source for wine bottles. The local brew
stores sell them for approx $1 each. Is it possible to buy them in bulk for
cheaper?

"BooBoo" > wrote in message ..
> I am looking for a inexpensive source for wine bottles. The local brew
> stores sell them for approx $1 each. Is it possible to buy them in bulk
for
> cheaper?
>
>

A buck is about the going rate. Are you willing to invest some time and
labor? OK if the bottles don't match?

Go to your local restaurant and ask if you can have the bottles from the
recycling bin. I've picked up a hundred or so like that. Friends save
bottles for me also. You have to wash and remove the labels, but the price
is right.
Ed

http://pages.cthome.net/edhome

I asked a member of a major hotel's housekeeping staff to save a few
bottles for me and I was uttely overwhelmed by the large trash bags of
bottles she provided almost daily.

Hotels are a good source.

On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 20:15:10 -0700, "BooBoo" > wrote:

>I am looking for a inexpensive source for wine bottles. The local brew
>stores sell them for approx $1 each. Is it possible to buy them in bulk for
>cheaper?
>

If you really mean bulk drop me an email.

I have a source for commercial winery quality bottles for 47 to 53
cents depending on the bottle. You'll need to buy 2,500 minimum.

Dave Stacy

On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 20:15:10 -0700, "BooBoo" > wrote:

>I am looking for a inexpensive source for wine bottles. The local brew
>stores sell them for approx $1 each. Is it possible to buy them in bulk for
>cheaper?
>

You might want to contact the maintenance man at your local Catholic
church and have him save the alter wine bottles for you. Not only do
you get a standard sized bottle all the time you get the case to go
with them.



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A.J. Rawls > wrote in message
...
> I asked a member of a major hotel's housekeeping staff to save a few
> bottles for me and I was uttely overwhelmed by the large trash bags of
> bottles she provided almost daily.
>
> Hotels are a good source.

I just mentioned to friends that I was looking for bottles, with the result
that I'm overwhelmed with bottles of all shapes and sizes, and my car sounds
like a party when I'm driving it, with all the clinking coming from the
boot! If I'm ever stopped on suspiscion of being under the influence (which
I never am, of course), they'll have a hard time believing that I don't have
a drink problem!

I also asked local pubs to save me their 1.5 litre vodka bottles, because
they have an interesting shape, and the labels come off easily! Also, the
larger bottle size means less washing!

Jo


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All the alter wine bottles from my church are screw top and the commercial
screw caps from piwine don't seem to fit. I tried Cribarri and LaSalle
winery but they don't seem to know who supplies the screw caps or what size
they are.

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"Romahawk" > wrote in message
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> You might want to contact the maintenance man at your local Catholic
> church and have him save the alter wine bottles for you. Not only do
> you get a standard sized bottle all the time you get the case to go
> with them.
>
>
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That is too much bulk for me. I will try the local resturants.


"Dave" > wrote in message
...
> If you really mean bulk drop me an email.
>
> I have a source for commercial winery quality bottles for 47 to 53
> cents depending on the bottle. You'll need to buy 2,500 minimum.
>
> Dave Stacy
>
> On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 20:15:10 -0700, "BooBoo" > wrote:
>
> >I am looking for a inexpensive source for wine bottles. The local brew
> >stores sell them for approx $1 each. Is it possible to buy them in bulk
for
> >cheaper?
> >
>

On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 18:38:34 GMT, "Rex Franklin" >
wrote:

>All the alter wine bottles from my church are screw top and the commercial
>screw caps from piwine don't seem to fit. I tried Cribarri and LaSalle
>winery but they don't seem to know who supplies the screw caps or what size
>they are.

This brings up a good question.... can you cork screw top bottles?

Assuming you don't mind the looks......



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On 1/5/04 12:15 PM, in article ,
"Dave Allyn" > wrote:

> This brings up a good question.... can you cork screw top bottles?
>
> Assuming you don't mind the looks......

I've thought the same thing, but never tried it. Mainly because the neck
where the screw threads are looks very thin to me and I think you may see a
lot of broken bottles trying to squeeze in a cork.

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I think the problem is (if there is a problem) the neck of the screw top is
tapered and does not hold the cork well.

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"Greg Cook" > wrote in message
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> On 1/5/04 12:15 PM, in article ,
> "Dave Allyn" > wrote:
>
> > This brings up a good question.... can you cork screw top bottles?
> >
> > Assuming you don't mind the looks......
>
> I've thought the same thing, but never tried it. Mainly because the neck
> where the screw threads are looks very thin to me and I think you may see
a
> lot of broken bottles trying to squeeze in a cork.
>
> --
> Greg Cook
> http://homepage.mac.com/gregcook/Wine
>
> (remove spamblocker from my email)
>

I actually checked one this weekend and found that the inside diameter
gets greater about 3/4" from the top, i.e. just below where the
threads end. I did not try filling and corking any. My thinking was
that it might make the corks devilishly hard to pull once the cork
swells into the increased space.

Perhaps not all bottles have that shape. Just a 2 cents worth.

Art

On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 21:15:42 GMT, "Rex Franklin" >
wrote:

>I think the problem is (if there is a problem) the neck of the screw top is
>tapered and does not hold the cork well.

On 01/05/2004 01:15 PM, Dave Allyn said:
> On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 18:38:34 GMT, "Rex Franklin" >
> wrote:
>
>
>>All the alter wine bottles from my church are screw top and the commercial
>>screw caps from piwine don't seem to fit. I tried Cribarri and LaSalle
>>winery but they don't seem to know who supplies the screw caps or what size
>>they are.
>
>
> This brings up a good question.... can you cork screw top bottles?
> Assuming you don't mind the looks......

I'd be very reluctant to try it. Corking applies a lot
of force to the bottle, and the glass at the top of a
screw cap bottle doesn't look very strong. I'd be scared
that the bottle would break when corking.


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> >All the alter wine bottles from my church are screw top and the commercial
> >screw caps from piwine don't seem to fit. I tried Cribarri and LaSalle
> >winery but they don't seem to know who supplies the screw caps or what size
> >they are.
>
> This brings up a good question.... can you cork screw top bottles?

Well, I'm not thrilled with them, but I do it. It probably depends on
the bottle, but it is possible. I prefer to use bottles that were
designed for corks, but I just couldn't pass up all the free bottles.
I got up to about 30 cases of empty altar wine bottles (Mont La Salle
port) before I finally told them to stop saving the bottles for me. I
have used maybe 10 cases so far, using #8 agglomerated corks, for the
"less distinguished" table wine I produce. Never had any problem
inserting the corks or removing them, never had any breakage, etc.
I've had wine in some of these for up to a year or so by now - no
leakage issues either. I put the corks in dry, using a Portuguese
floor-model corker. I've been using the #8 corks because I was
worried that the necks might not be strong enough for the standard #9
corks. Based on my lack of problems, though, I'll probably try the #9
soon. I suppose for that matter you could save the aluminum screw
tops and just screw them back on. Personally, I find that just too
tacky-looking, but I would think it would probably work just fine
(rinse them first!), and avoids any potential concerns about the necks
being strong enough to take a cork.

If you want to use corks but aren't sure your bottles are strong
enough, try filling a few with water or Pot. Meta solution and corking
them. If you don't have any problems during corking, and they're
still OK after a couple of months, try bottling a portion of your next
batch in them.

Doug

I tried it with one bottle and I was not able to get the cork back
out... I did not try any more so I may have had a problem with that
one bottle.

On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 12:15:45 -0600, Dave Allyn >
wrote:

>On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 18:38:34 GMT, "Rex Franklin" >
>wrote:
>
>>All the alter wine bottles from my church are screw top and the commercial
>>screw caps from piwine don't seem to fit. I tried Cribarri and LaSalle
>>winery but they don't seem to know who supplies the screw caps or what size
>>they are.
>
>This brings up a good question.... can you cork screw top bottles?
>
>Assuming you don't mind the looks......
>
>
>
>email: dallyn_spam at yahoo dot com
>please respond in this NG so others
>can share your wisdom as well!

For Christmas I received 4 bottles of homemade wine (2 from wine kits and 2
from Florida grapes). My brother put short corks in the screw top bottles.
Seemed to work fine for him and they survived the trip north to Wisconsin
and to my other brother in Colorado.
Darlene

"A.J. Rawls" > wrote in message
...
> I tried it with one bottle and I was not able to get the cork back
> out... I did not try any more so I may have had a problem with that
> one bottle.
>
> On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 12:15:45 -0600, Dave Allyn >
> wrote:
>
> >On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 18:38:34 GMT, "Rex Franklin" >
> >wrote:
> >
> >>All the alter wine bottles from my church are screw top and the
commercial
> >>screw caps from piwine don't seem to fit. I tried Cribarri and LaSalle
> >>winery but they don't seem to know who supplies the screw caps or what
size
> >>they are.
> >
> >This brings up a good question.... can you cork screw top bottles?
> >
> >Assuming you don't mind the looks......
> >
> >
> >
> >email: dallyn_spam at yahoo dot com
> >please respond in this NG so others
> >can share your wisdom as well!
>