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
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> "LG1111" > wrote in message
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> > 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
>
>