Bottling wine
Wine Bottler
Originally uploaded by clickcraftsman.
As a relatively poor PhD student, I can't afford to buy the premium wines of the sort we have cellared away. And we don't want to use them up either. We have quite a large cache from Huntington Estate, located in the Mudgee region of New South Wales. They continue to produce luscious, full-bodied, long-living shiraz and cabernets that have always put a smile on my face. In addition to their reserve wines, they also put out a quaffer blend in 25-litre bulk that's been barrelled for three years. At the equivalent of about $7 per bottle, you'd pay triple for the quality--you'd rarely find a clean-skin that was more enjoyable. So here I am siphoning one of two containers into 66 bottles that I've saved, de-labelled, cleaned and sterilised. With a double-armed corker the work is done. The winemaker even supplied some pre-glued labels!
So we're set for a couple of months, anyway...
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