New Bottles Bottling Question

[ibglowin]

I have 8 gallons of the most fabulous La Bodega Port that has been in bulk aging for 1 year this week and its time to bottle this bad boy before I get a large straw and .......................

I purchased all new bottles for this (~80 splits).

So what would the consensus be for pretreatment before bottling?

Sulfite rinse, bottle.

or

Bottle blast each one with water, sulfite rinse, bottle.

 

[djrockinsteve]

All by bottles are soaked in sulfite water. Bottle brush scrubbed and hung on a bottle tree. Shortly later I bottle.

 

[cpfan]

Bottle blast each one with water, sulfite rinse, bottle.

There's my vote.

Steve

 

[Flem]

Definitely clean them first. There's a lot of oil mist in a glass manufacturing plant. Then sulfite and drain them. You have too much time and money invested in this port to skip this "simple" step.

 

[grapeman]

I use this
with the bottles in this

to wash the bottles. Then sulfite and put on tree to drain.

 

[AlFulchino]

sounds like McGyver time for you Mike or maybe Rick!

 

[rhoffart]

Spray with water hose, seven pumps from the sulfite spray bottle and dry on the tree. Of course I'm in the garage

 

[rhoffart]

sounds like McGyver time for you Mike or maybe Rick!

Funny ... not this time

 

[ibglowin]

Where is McGruber when I need him!

OK you guys are going to make me wash 80 effing bottles......

But your right, this is by far the most expensive kit wine I have ever made when you include the 2 kits, 6 bottles of brandy (sorry, no grain alcohol for this winemaker) plus 80 splits (30 Ice Wine, 50 regular).

This stuff is amazing. The wine before fortifying was amazing.

This will be xmas presents for a select few!

 

[Julie]

OK you guys are going to make me wash 80 effing bottles......

And would you have taken any other advice?

 

[ibglowin]

Only you guys could make we wash 80 new bottles!

 

[Runningwolf]

Wineries do not wash new bottles. They do give them a blast with co2 to blow out any cardboard dust though and some sparge with nitrogen.

Myself, I give them a quick sulfite rinse and hang on tree.