The rewards and frustrations of home winemaking

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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).  As I was putting labels on the chianti, I noticed one cork with wine seeping out of the top.  I’ve never had this happen before.  I yanked that one out, and wine spewed out – we had overfilled [...]