Sorry for replying to a very old post, but I am starting from the beginning
of the list and catching up.

So, say I order a case of bottles. I can sanitize them, stick them back in
the cases and then store them till I need them and put wine right in? I had
assumed I needed to sanitize right before bottling to kill any possible wild
yeast or such before bottling.

Also, what about loading them in a dishwasher with no soap? Will the heat
of the water and the drying period be sufficient to kill anything off, or is
there more to it that I am missing?

"Lum" > wrote in message
...
>
> "LG1111" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I'm starting to bottle last year's vintage, and I wonder how everyone
> sanitizes
> > their bottles. My local brewshop recommends using an iodophor solution
as
> a
> > final rinse after using soap and water, but I don't like the ida of the
> iodine
> > smell in the bottles. In years past, I've used "One-Step" as a final
> rinse.
> > But I wonder if just washing the bottles with a solution of soap and
water
> and
> > then making sure the soap is rinsed away is enough.
> >
> > What do you all do?
> >
> > Lee
>
> Lee,
> I wash bottles all year long. The clean bottles are placed points down in
> clean cartons and the cartons are stored in my garage. When I bottle, I
> remove the bottles from the cartons and fill them with wine. I have been
> doing about 250 cases of grape wine a year for 20 years, and I find
nothing
> else is required.
> lum
>
>

If you buy your bottles new, I would just store them in the box until use.
Before use, I wash with hot water and a bottle brush (really hot water),
rinse out anything that could be in there, then soak in sanitizer. Take
them out, put them upside down to drip dry for a bit then fill and cap (or
cork). After drinking the bottle, I will rinse really well and put it away,
upside down. I have used the dishwasher to clean beer bottles, but I still
soak in sanitizing solution afterwards.

--
Joe Romero
Panama City, FL

<no> wrote in message ...
> Sorry for replying to a very old post, but I am starting from the
beginning
> of the list and catching up.
>
> So, say I order a case of bottles. I can sanitize them, stick them back
in
> the cases and then store them till I need them and put wine right in? I
had
> assumed I needed to sanitize right before bottling to kill any possible
wild
> yeast or such before bottling.
>
> Also, what about loading them in a dishwasher with no soap? Will the heat
> of the water and the drying period be sufficient to kill anything off, or
is
> there more to it that I am missing?
>
> "Lum" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > "LG1111" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > I'm starting to bottle last year's vintage, and I wonder how everyone
> > sanitizes
> > > their bottles. My local brewshop recommends using an iodophor
solution
> as
> > a
> > > final rinse after using soap and water, but I don't like the ida of
the
> > iodine
> > > smell in the bottles. In years past, I've used "One-Step" as a final
> > rinse.
> > > But I wonder if just washing the bottles with a solution of soap and
> water
> > and
> > > then making sure the soap is rinsed away is enough.
> > >
> > > What do you all do?
> > >
> > > Lee
> >
> > Lee,
> > I wash bottles all year long. The clean bottles are placed points down
in
> > clean cartons and the cartons are stored in my garage. When I bottle, I
> > remove the bottles from the cartons and fill them with wine. I have
been
> > doing about 250 cases of grape wine a year for 20 years, and I find
> nothing
> > else is required.
> > lum
> >
> >
>
>

On 4/14/04 3:44 PM, in article , "no" <no>
wrote:

> Sorry for replying to a very old post, but I am starting from the beginning
> of the list and catching up.
>
> So, say I order a case of bottles. I can sanitize them, stick them back in
> the cases and then store them till I need them and put wine right in? I had
> assumed I needed to sanitize right before bottling to kill any possible wild
> yeast or such before bottling.
>
> Also, what about loading them in a dishwasher with no soap? Will the heat
> of the water and the drying period be sufficient to kill anything off, or is
> there more to it that I am missing?
>
> "Lum" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "LG1111" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> I'm starting to bottle last year's vintage, and I wonder how everyone
>> sanitizes
>>> their bottles. My local brewshop recommends using an iodophor solution
> as
>> a
>>> final rinse after using soap and water, but I don't like the ida of the
>> iodine
>>> smell in the bottles. In years past, I've used "One-Step" as a final
>> rinse.
>>> But I wonder if just washing the bottles with a solution of soap and
> water
>> and
>>> then making sure the soap is rinsed away is enough.
>>>
>>> What do you all do?
>>>
>>> Lee
>>
>> Lee,
>> I wash bottles all year long. The clean bottles are placed points down in
>> clean cartons and the cartons are stored in my garage. When I bottle, I
>> remove the bottles from the cartons and fill them with wine. I have been
>> doing about 250 cases of grape wine a year for 20 years, and I find
> nothing
>> else is required.
>> lum


The wonderful thing about wine, is that it is its own preservative. That is,
it has a high enough alcohol content to protect it. And we use appropriate
levels of sulfite (SO2) to keep bad things at bay. There really is no need
to sanitize a clean dry bottle - the wine is a sanitizer itself.

--
Greg Cook
http://homepage.mac.com/gregcook/Wine
http://homepage.mac.com/gregcook/aws

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