What color bottle for white?
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Tom made me post it. trying to get one up on him..LOL
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Damn Tom, i just saw your post about the glass! you got me again
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the glass with cloudy wine in it
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Its not the wine , it is the steamed up glasses you are wearing
personally i wouldn't pay for used bottles.
i have the tasting room at a local winery save me used bottles - i get lots of the same style bottles that way.
restaurants are another good option.
i think anyone who charges for used bottles is taking advantage and being overly opportunistic. unless they have gone through the trouble of removing labels and washing them out.
i have the tasting room at a local winery save me used bottles - i get lots of the same style bottles that way.
restaurants are another good option.
i think anyone who charges for used bottles is taking advantage and being overly opportunistic. unless they have gone through the trouble of removing labels and washing them out.
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I agree, but my best bottle source is a winery/bistro an hour from here. They charge me $4/case for empties that haven't even been rinsed out.
Still beats the other sources. Other than a restaurant that collects about 4 bottles a month, other sources are mostly cruddy, filthy empties with mouse dropppings in them.
Once I have 5 or 6 hundred collected, I'll feel better.
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Thans for the suggestion. Neither are prominent here.
I have considered a claddified add for clean, delabeled bottles - .$25 each in matching sets of five though!
delabeling is pretty easy, a big bucket, fill the bottles with water so they don't float, stand them in the bucket, add a scoop or two of oxyclean, fill bucket with water, let soak 24-48 hours, most labels will fall off on their own, those that dont will peel off easily. rinse well. very little sweat expended in this method.
i think clear bottles are fine for whites, i use clear bordeaux bottles for all whites except chards, i still use green or dead leaf burgundy bottles.
and if you dont have good local sources for free used bottles, then $3/case for used is better than $10+ for new.
i think clear bottles are fine for whites, i use clear bordeaux bottles for all whites except chards, i still use green or dead leaf burgundy bottles.
and if you dont have good local sources for free used bottles, then $3/case for used is better than $10+ for new.
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I knew you had posted something about blue bottles but you boys went so far off topic
Reisling is always a good wine for blue bottles and brown for Gewertz.
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Not stalking.....but maybe I would that pretty wine though!!!
Allie I googled the internet and got this for ya
Not exactly what you want though!!!
As a retired Firefighter myself I know it would be hard to find a firefighter drinking wine after working a fire. Gatorade maybe!
Allie I googled the internet and got this for ya
Not exactly what you want though!!!
As a retired Firefighter myself I know it would be hard to find a firefighter drinking wine after working a fire. Gatorade maybe!
