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(She Devil With A Rubber Chicken) wrote in message >...
> In article >,
> Pavel314 > wrote:
> >
> >High quality #9 corks, 1.75 inches long.
> >
> >
> >> Personally, if the answer isn't apparent after you've asked yourself all
> >> these questions, and you got the bottles all from the same source, I would
> >> ditch the bottles.
> >
> >These were bottles from wine I'd purchased; after drinking the wine, they
> >ended up in the recycle pile in my wine cellar.
>
> Sounds like you need #8's for those, then...
>

I would stay with the 9's. Much better seal. I even use them for thin
necked 375ml bottles (like Canadian ice wine bottles) with no
problems.

I would check for the over filled bottle first and I would make sure
the bottle lines up straight below the cork. If the bottle is at even
a slight angle, front to back or side to side, it can put a lot more
pressure on the neck plus require more force to drive the cork home.

Andy