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Default Bottles explode during corking, Help

On Mar 13, 6:36*am, "frederick ploegman" >
wrote:
> As Frederick says below, "Air is compressible, liquids are not." *Air
> is also expandable, which means that the removal of the cork when
> you're ready to drink is a lot easier with a little air space between
> the wine and the cork.
>
> Rob
>
> Good point. *No idea how Andie is going to get those corks back
> out unless he drills a small hole down through the cork to provide
> an "airway" to let in some air while pulling the corks. *Interesting
> problem............ *;o)
>
> * * * * Frederick


Does anyone fill the bottle ullage with inert gas?
I have about 15 gallons to bottle in about 90 days, and plan to top
them all off with argon.