I need wine bottles!

[JohnT]

FYI

I saw that bottles are on sale on Amazon for under $12 per case. If you have amazon prime, you might even save on shipping.....

 

[BeginnerMark]

Yea I noticed that I just didn't want to point it out lol [emoji23]

 

[Graves]

I got my for FREE at Cooper's Hawk!

 

[hounddawg]

where i live second hand mason jars are easy to find, but wine bottles are harder to come by, I'll check out amazon to see if their bottles are the thick ones, but when i buy new bottles i buy at www.labelpeelers.com
Dawg

Where's a good place I can get wine bottles 750ml and I need 30 of them for red wine! Any suggestions? Also screw cap or cork? Thanks guys!

 

[GaDawg]

Have friends and neighbors save bottles for you

 

[rainharvester]

When I go out to eat. I tell the barman before I eat that I'm making wine and ask if he can save me the bottles for after my dinner. By then, they have some ready for me when I leave!

 

[wildhair]

My wife worked at a hotel and asked the cleaning staff & bartender to save any empty wine bottles for me. I got a bunch of 1.5L bottles and lots of 750 ml bottles while she worked there. I have friends saving them now, and that works out pretty well. Some of them are the screw top bottles, but you can cork them - just use a #8 cork.

 

[GaDawg]

If you are buying them I have found better deals from wineries.

 

[Zintrigue]

I get my bottles from a local casino. They go through cases and cases of it. Also, I found that you can cork screw tops just fine.

 

[regnistep]

Where's a good place I can get wine bottles 750ml and I need 30 of them for red wine! Any suggestions? Also screw cap or cork? Thanks guys!

I dumpster dive on Sunday morning behind restaurants that serve a lot of wine. I have a wine store near me which hold wine tastings. They have a good dumpster.

 

[wildhair]

I dumpster dive on Sunday morning behind restaurants that serve a lot of wine. I have a wine store near me which hold wine tastings. They have a good dumpster.

And as a bonus - you get to sample whatever is left over in the bottle! AND - you can find a FREE paper bag to conceal it! LOL

I just ask my friends ........ many of whom drink more than they should. But it IS Wisconsin! HA!

 

[wildhair]

We're #1....and 2 and 3 and 4 and 6 and 7 and 9 and 11 and 12 and ................... well, you get the picture.
https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/americas-20-drunkest-cities/21/

 

[wildhair]

But it IS Wisconsin! HA!

LOOK....... We're #1.......and 2 & 3 & 4 and 6 and 7 and 9, 11 & 12 and ........... well, you get the picture.
https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/americas-20-drunkest-cities/21/

 

[jvbutter]

I think its been said, but I got my start into wine bottle collection by hitting up the manager at my local steak house. He pointed me to the recycle botles out back. Eventually he also saved the boxes for me and set them aside. I'd pick them up in the morning time when they are closed.

 

[kevinlfifer]

If you are near a country club, check with them as a source of bottles. Being private clubs they usually do what they want. Plus they use a LOT of wine. I just ask my club to put all wine bottles in a large garbage bag for the day. Saturday is good for 4 cases. Don't forget to give the barkeep a bottle or 2 of your good stuff.

 

[sour_grapes]

LOOK....... We're #1.......and 2 & 3 & 4 and 6 and 7 and 9, 11 & 12 and ........... well, you get the picture.
https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/americas-20-drunkest-cities/21/

My gosh, I cannot believe we (i.e., Milwaukee) didn't even crack the top ten ...... in Wisconsin! I must not be pulling my weight...

 

[Ajmassa]

My gosh, I cannot believe we (i.e., Milwaukee) didn't even crack the top ten ...... in Wisconsin! I must not be pulling my weight...

I’m gonna go out on a limb and suggest that the way these rankings were figured was “data biased”.
12 of 20 cities are in Wisconsin? And all but 1 in surrounding areas. With respect, I couldn’t even name 6 cities in Wisconsin let alone fathom 12 making the countries ‘drunkest City’ list. —Not to take any bragging rights away from WI and # of “premature death before age 75” and % of auto deaths involving alcohol —- but this seems unlikely.
Could it possibly be from this?

“In May 2016, 24/7 Wall Street came out with a ranking of America's drunkest cities............That data was then aggregated with county level data from a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and University of *WISCONSIN* Population Health Institute joint program. “

 

[Zintrigue]

Well look at you doing your homework.

 

[wildhair]

My gosh, I cannot believe we (i.e., Milwaukee) didn't even crack the top ten ...... in Wisconsin! I must not be pulling my weight...

YOU SLACKER !!!

12 of 20 cities are in Wisconsin? And all but 1 in surrounding areas. With respect, I couldn’t even name 6 cities in Wisconsin let alone fathom 12 making the countries ‘drunkest City’ list.

I'm not sure how the data and rankings were tabulated, but every one of those cities in WI is a college town. I'm sure that factors in. Nearly EVERY town - no matter how small - has at least 1 bar. And having lived in WI for over 30 years now - I find it very believable. I'm surprised we didn't make 9 of the top 10, actually.

I posted it purely for amusement - not out of pride, btw. LOL

 

[Ajmassa]

I posted it purely for amusement - not out of pride, btw. LOL

[emoji1303] I know man. It’s hard to portray the correct tone using just text sometimes, but I just meant that in a “well that’s surprising—oh looky here.” type of way. A or ‘lol’ can completely change how something is read. Usually I’m good with that.
But in the spirit of WI’s very own @sour_grapes I just took a little bit of a closer look at it. (I’m still skeptical tho )