Need help with cork problem

[winemaker81]

Do you people ever feel guilty about being the enablers that you are?

Not one little bit. If you want to be free of us, you must run away! Far, far away!




@Dover wine, have the answers helped you?

 

[AR324]

Made my first batch of wine recently and am having trouble corking the bottles. I ordered bottles that said they needed No. 8 corks. I bought No. 8 corks and a hand held corker that was for No 8 corks.
The problem is the corks will not go thru corker. I cannot assert enough force to get any of the cork out of the corked. I am a very big and strong fellow and just can’t get it thru and into the bottle.
When I ordered the corks I didn’t realize they made a straight and a tapered cork and I ended up with straight ones. Do I need to order tapered ones or am I doing something wrong?
Thanks for any advice.

Get a floor corker. I bought one for less than $100. Although prices may have changed. Worth the investment given the horror stories I’ve heard about hand corkers.