The rewards and frustrations of home winemaking

Daily archive: 29 08 2009

Bottling Chianti and the Case of the Leaking Cork

Today I bottled 30 bottles each of a cabernet sauvignon kit (for Dave) and chianti (for me).ย  As I was putting labels on the chianti, I noticed one cork with wine seeping out of the top.ย  Iโ€™ve never had this happen before.ย  I yanked that one out, and wine spewed out โ€“ we had overfilled […]