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11-23-2009, 01:16 AM
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About not having enough bottles come bottling time next Summer!
I have around 12 friends saving bottles now. Got 50 just this weekend! I am now close to 300 bottles. I will have fun picking the 30 BEST bottles for each batch!
Pay no attention to the cat box! 
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11-23-2009, 01:25 AM
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Sorry, I need to ask. What kind of wine does the cat put in his dish to go with kibbles and bits?
Keep on collecting those bottles.
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11-23-2009, 01:34 AM
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Mike,
Now I know why those sauv blancs smell the way they do!
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11-23-2009, 01:49 AM
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Chateau Kitty Litre' of course!
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Originally Posted by appleman
Sorry, I need to ask. What kind of wine does the cat put in his dish to go with kibbles and bits?
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11-23-2009, 02:59 AM
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and i bet the cat rubs up against that bottle filler every morning when it leaves its cat house 
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11-23-2009, 07:53 AM
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I suggest the fun will be in the cleaning, and NOT the picking
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11-23-2009, 12:28 PM
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I have a view that resembles your picture, Mike. Bottles, bottles, everywhere. Now, cleaning them is another matter. I HATE IT! I have tried a lot of approaches but none take away the sting. I have tried doing small batches, large batches, using the dishwasher, oxyclean, soaking, softscrub, etc. Right now, I have settled on only bottles that have my label on them (comes off real easy) and new bottles. Wine making is my obsession, not bottle washing!
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11-23-2009, 02:18 PM
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Yea, the bottle washing/cleaning sucks big time. But I really like the recycling aspect as no one seems to take glass anymore so I get a good feeling out of that. Plus most of my friends buy "the good stuff" so I have a ton of really, really nice (heavy, full punt) bottles to choose from.
I have been doing a fill with hot water and let sit and then shake out, followed by another rinse. I will soak in bleach or oxyclean and remove labels next followed by another rinse with a bottle washer once I get closer to bottling time.
I have a couple of Whites on glass that I will bottle this Xmas when they will be 3 months old.
Since it has gotten colder the winery cat has moved indoors for the most part. I should probably get rid of the cat box to make room for the next batch of boxes/bottles!
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11-23-2009, 04:53 PM
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300 - wow - looking good. 
I have the same type of cat box in the room I use to make my wine.
The cat hairs just gives your wine that special touch!!!
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11-24-2009, 12:14 AM
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Mike, so is the ammonia (cat) to assist in label removal or sanitizing. 
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