Hi
I am new to winemaking and was wondering if i could use corks that have
been used in bought supermarket wine bottles...I have kept plastic ones
and Cork...If so which would be best..
Cal..


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Cal Mac wrote:
> Hi
> I am new to winemaking and was wondering if i could use corks that have
> been used in bought supermarket wine bottles...I have kept plastic ones
> and Cork...If so which would be best..
> Cal..

A bunch of corks costs about $4.00. Why would you want to risk $60 or
more of wine just to save $4.00, even if the risks were small (which
they aren't)?

Old corks will have been sitting around and are likely full of bacteria
and old wine. They were likely damaged by a corkscrew which makes them
unsuitable for reuse. More importantly, they're compressed from the old
bottle and won't expand to give you a proper seal.

Saving money on corks by using substandard or used ones is one of the
falsest forms of false economy I can think of.

wd41

As others have said, don't do that. Wine can live a long time in a
properly closed bottle, don't risk losing it. I use Nomacorq for the
most part, it's synthetic and seems like a great closure so far.

Joe

All the other replies and dangers being read and UNDERSTOOD, I would say
your less risky cork to reuse is a synthetic that you've not pierced all the
way through. If you've pierced through or close to it, no way.

I've bottled a few with reused synthetic when the shop was closed on Sunday
and had no ill effects. I've also consumed those bottles within a year,
soaked the cork in a sulfite solution and made sure to place the unpierced
end towards the vino.
"Cal Mac" > wrote in message
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> Hi
> I am new to winemaking and was wondering if i could use corks that have
> been used in bought supermarket wine bottles...I have kept plastic ones
> and Cork...If so which would be best..
> Cal..
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