"Andiez" > wrote in message
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>I have a portuguese floor corker. It works great with natural corks. I
>fill the bottle and allow excess wine to squirt out when I cork it. With
>synthetic corks, the bottle explodes. Yike!! Do I need to leave a head
>space when I use synthetic corks?
>
> Andie Z
>

Back to basics. Air is compressible, liquids are not.