I recently purchased a couple of riesling bottles from Hernder Estates. The
labels are somehow etched into the glass. It is a shame to waste such
beautifull bottles. I'll have to recylce them or change my name to Hernder.

"Michael" > wrote in message
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> I have had better luck with the Australian labels peeling them dry.
> Lehman & Lindeman and yellowtail...peeling them without any water or
> immersion. Sometimes if you slowly just start peeling in from the
> corner you oftern get the whole thing to roll up in one piece and most
> of the adhesive clings to it and is removed also.
>
> Heat and Water just seem to make most these things(AUS) tougher to take
off to me. wrote in message
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> > I have to agree about US wines. Another I've noticed that's pretty
> > easy to remove are the wines from small local wineries. All these
> > seem to float right off the bottle.
> >
> > As for difficult ones, I've seen some where you can actually feel the
> > glue under the label. These either fall right off when you fill the
> > bottle with hot water, or take a chisel to take it off.
> >
> > Greg
> >
> > On Sun, 07 Dec 2003 16:31:28 -0600, Greg Cook
> > > wrote:
> > >Bottles are easy to come by. Many people will save them for you and you
can
> > >even ask your local restaurants and bars for them. Or, you can buy them
> > >relatively inexpensively. Thus, I tend to use only those bottles where
the
> > >labels will come right off after a soak in hot soapy water. Bottles
with
> > >stubborn labels go right into my recycling box. I have observed certain
> > >types of labels tend to come off easier. These include European wines
> > >(Italy, Spain, France particularly). Papery type labels as opposed to
more
> > >glossy labels also tend to come off easier. US wines are hit or miss.
Most
> > >Australian labels won't come off with a blow torch.
> > >
> > >--
> > >Greg Cook
> > >http://homepage.mac.com/gregcook/Wine
> > >
> > >(remove spamblocker from my email)
> > >