Italian Floor Corker on eBay

[Rocky]

Hey All, here is an Italian floor corker on eBay that might interest someone. Looks like a brass iris and looks to be in good shape. Looks like it includes the beer bottle capper, too.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ferrari-Flo...988?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2316f2c00c

 

[GerardVineyard]

"It easy easily reassembled and the white card in the pictures above has easily understood directions in both English and Italian."

What, no Spanish ? How UnAmerican.

 

[Tom]

Good price.

 

[Rocky]

The same guy has a Vinator/Bottle tree for sale:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ferrari-Win...338?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2316f31b42

 

[Wade E]

Thise are great deals!!!!!!! If I didnt have either I would grab both!!!!!!!! Nice find Rocky!!!

 

[Runningwolf]

If he was my neighbor I would but it all.

 

[Flem]

They are both active bids. I see them going a lot higher before it's all over.

 

[Rocky]

Flem is probably right. The trick is to pick a price that you would be willing to pay for the item, enter it as your "maximum bid" and let the chips fall where they may. I was thinking if we had a forum member in that area of Wisconsin and they could pick up the items rather than paying for shipment, they would have an advantage.

 

[Hokapsig]

Can an Italian corker handle the 375 ml bottles? Or do I have to use the Port corker?

 

[Wade E]

If they ar the shorter bottles then both corkers will need something under the bottles like a Hockey puck to raise them up to a proper level. If they are the thinner tall ones like a Bellissima bottle then both will work just fine as is with nothing under the bottles.

 

[Tom]

not into hockey.

I use a piece of wood

 

[Hokapsig]

In that case, I have 2 Portugese floor corkers for sale on Craigs list in Pittsburgh. One was used to do 2 batches of wine, the other has never been used (to my knowledge). Acquired from a winery going out of business.

 

[Rocky]

Can an Italian corker handle the 375 ml bottles? Or do I have to use the Port corker?

I bottle a batch of 375 ml bottles using my Italian floor corker and needed no alterations to do so.

 

[Wade E]

There are many different size 375's, long and short.

 

[Rocky]

There are many different size 375's, long and short.

Didn't know that Wade. These are green bottles with a definable neck, 2.375" diameter at the base and 9.500" tall. They are similar in shape to this clear bottle offered by the Toy Store:

http://www.finevinewines.com/XPListDet1.asp?MM_PartNumber=5232

 

[Wade E]

Hehehe, Freaking FVW's bad link back to that infamous Bucket of Merlot!! It gets me all the time to!!! Some of them are like an inch shorter, just enough that a floor corker wont reach hence the hockey puck or pce of wood.

 

[Flem]

I also do both the burgundy and bordeaux shaped bottles with my Italian without any problems (with room to spare).

 

[Wade E]

Well I must say I dont have the Italian so maybe it has just a little more adjustability but from what I was told pretty much everything was the same except the brass Iris and the longer throw on the arm which makes it a little easier to cork, more leverage.

 

[Flem]

I don't know Wade, maybe there's a little more length in spring loaded base. I don't have a Portugese, so I have nothing to compare it to.

 

[Rocky]

FYI, the floor corker (Italian) sold for $81.00 and the vinator/drying rack sold for $21.50. Not horrible and not what you would call a "steal" considering it was used equipment.