Brand new bottles- sterilize and clean?

[Elmer]

I had to break down an but a dozen clear wine bottles. I am bottling some skeeter pee tomorrow.
I am in the process of cleaning an old dozen with one step ( my usual process).

Does anyone go through the process of cleaning new bottles or just spray down with some K-meta?

 

[RCGoodin]

My suggestion is to cleanse and sanitize all. Why guess?

 

[GreginND]

Just a rinse with sanitizer is all it needs. You just need to remove the cardboard dust from inside. Many wineries do nothing more than flush it with nitrogen to blow the dust out.