Try filling your bottle with very hot water and let sit for a minute or so.
Then try peeling the label off very slowly. Sometimes the heat will soften
the glue. I've found this works well for the standard 3 x 4 mailing labels
that I use to label my wines with.

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> >"Vicki Baylus" > wrote in message
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> >> What is a good solvent to get the more obnoxious glue off of old wine
> >> bottles. Soap and water does well for some, but some of that glue is
> >> tenacious.
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> >Here are two tips that I have found to be particularly helpful.
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> Bah. Just cover it with a new label
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