Do we have a "tips for new winemakers" list? First thing in the "do before starting" section should be "get bottles!"
I recall deciding my first wine was finished -- I used a recipe from newspaper using bread yeast, I had no hydrometer nor did I know what one was, I simply declared it was done after 3 weeks. At that point I realizedI had nothing to bottle it in. I ended up cleaning out some old whiskey bottles my dad had saved for some purpose I can no longer recall.
I recall deciding my first wine was finished -- I used a recipe from newspaper using bread yeast, I had no hydrometer nor did I know what one was, I simply declared it was done after 3 weeks. At that point I realizedI had nothing to bottle it in. I ended up cleaning out some old whiskey bottles my dad had saved for some purpose I can no longer recall.