I have noticed that the quality of my wine gets affected by poor quality
corks.
Slowly I am moving to aluminum screw caps. Threaded top bottles are hard to
find now.
However, French producers are gradually moving to screw caps. I'll keep my
eyes open.
In the meantime I may experiment with flip flop caps. I would like to find
out more about your wine tracking system.
Denis
Rothesay, New Brunswick

"Matthew Givens" > wrote in message
ink.net...
> Well, I use a single bottling wand to fill the bottles, and I just pay
close
> attention while bottling.
>
> I have two wine boxes, place 24 bottles in the slots, and fill with the
> bottling wand via ordinary gravity feed. Although a little does overflow
> each time, this is caught by the cardboard box, and backed up by the towel
I
> have on the floor. As I do my bottling inside, in a spare room, I don't
> have the option of just cleaning the concrete floor. Carpet doesn't clean
> that easily.
>
> When all bottles are filled, I cork them with my floor corker (now that I
> have one, I don't know how I ever managed with just a hand corker). I let
> them sit upright for 2-3 days, then clean them and affix labels and foil
> caps. I keep track of the wine and its current status via a program that
I
> wrote myself.
>
>
> "Denis Marier" > wrote in message
> ...
> > This wine box, looks like a good idea.
> >
> > How to you fill the bottle. One at a time or with a gang filler meaning
12
> > at a time.
> > Do you have an automatic shut up device that prevent the wine from
> spilling
> > in to the box or on the floor?
> >
> > At this time, I still place the empties (30 bottles) on the concrete
floor
> > in gang of six and fill them one by one with a very basic dripping
plastic
> > filler. As one bottle is been filled I move the full one close to the
> > cocker. Once the cock is inserted into the bottle I move it on to the
old
> > Formica kitchen table close to the plastic tub. When the bottling is
> > completed. I mop the concrete floor and clean the cocker. Then, I clean
> the
> > outside of the filled bottles of white. After that I begin to affix the
> > dated labels on the bottles. The wine bottles are left on the table to
> rest
> > for 2-3 days
> > Once the resting is done. I may want to shrink some seals on the bottles
> > prior to storage.
> > The things that I need to improve are"
> > 1) filling without spilling.
> > 2) handling
> > 3) keeping a record of the storage
> > 4) dating the labels
> >
> > I would appreciate comments so I can better my bottling procedures.
> >
> >
> > .
> > "Matthew Givens" > wrote in message
> > ink.net...
> > > I have a wine box, slip the clear empties into the 12 slots, and fill
> > away.
> > > Works like a charm.
> > >
> > >
> > > "Paul" > wrote in message
> > > om...
> > > > I'm wondering if anyone has built a simple rack for holding the
bottle
> > > > securely while it is being filled, or what systems this group might
> > > > suggest to make the process a little easier. I generally find
myself
> > > > alone in the basement when bottling...my wife isn't terribly
> > > > interested in the hobby and my kids are too young to assist. I have
> > > > an automatic bottle filler which works great, but I generally find
> > > > myself wishing I had an extra hand or two to hold the bottles
steady.
> > > > Any quick ideas, gimmicks, tools or thoughts on this subject???
> > > >
> > > > Paul
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
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