Just to let you know the bark from cork oaks has to be harvested or the tree rots and dies so using natural cork is good for the environment as the trees keep growing
😢Just a short time ago I gifted myself a corker that is almost identical to yours. Up until then I used swing top bottles which allowed me to store my wines, ciders and meads for 2-3 years provided I fitted hew rubber seals regularly. That’s more or less the time my product lasts. If I wanted corked bottles, I had to borrow a corker or take my product to be corked. Given that this usually involves leaving a few bottles behind I didn’t always want to do that. Fun fact: when the person(s) owning a corker ask you “Hey, got something you need to bottle and cork?” that.s a pretty good hint they’ve greatly appreciated their cut of the previous sessions, LOL! I did however spend part of my childhood years in a region that produced wine, a lot of ly classmates were children of vintners, and my first ever job as a 13-year-old girl was helping with the grape harvest. I learned a lot about the production of wine then and let me tell you, for home use those vintners didn’t make wine with just grapes! In later years we spent a few summers in a little French village where we’d get large jerrycans of the local wine and we’d bottle it ourselves. Again, I learned a lot about the production and storage of wine. You’re right that it’s the density of the cork and how much it’s compressed that are most important for bottling and corking wine & the manner in which it’ll be shelf stable. However, the quality of the cork does also matter for long term storage. The denser the cork, the better it will keep and the higher the chance it won’t contain anything that might potentially spoil your wine. Rule of thumb is to have a cork that is 2-3 mm wider than the inside of the bottleneck, you can go as far as 4 mm wider. Any wider and if the bottle’s neck has any imperfections you might get in trouble. That.s one of the reasons some people prefer a cork that’s a little longer, because the pressure the cork exerts on the bottle’s neck along with the larger surface this pressure is applied to contributes to the seal. In Europe, when you buy corks off a home brewing store you’ll often find the corks are graded according to shelf stability: “suitable for x years of storage for wine”. The corks for longer storage are a little wider and a little longer and the cork will often be denser. I prefer corks suited for the longest possible storage (7-10 years). You never know, after all, if a bottle ends up at the back of a shelf, forgotten for a few years. You wouldn’t want to find it’s spoiled or gone past its prime and the price difference is minimal when you buy in bulk. Store them well and they’ll be fine. Soaking the corks in sanitiser adds another advantage: the cork’ll slide in more easily. Some corks have a coating to make bottling easier. I’ve never used them. A good corkscrew will get the cork back out just fine, and this type of corker gets them in beautifully. A little note: if the place you.re storing your wines in is a little damp and you’re afraid of mould, you can always seal the top of the cork with a bit of sealing wax or even candle wax or paraffine wax used for jams. Add a shrink cap over that, and your sealing is as bulletproof as it gets.
Great information and I appreciate you sharing all your experience and information. You have alot more experience than I do and I like to learn from all my subscribers. Thanks for teaching me something today. 👍👍👍👍😁😁😁😁🍷🍷🍷🍷
@@HowToDoneRight - I’ve had a crazy childhood followed by a weird life so I came across a lot of things over the years. Some of it useful. Glad you appreciate the input. 😊
I'm so glad I found this channel! I've been watching videos and learning about home wine making for the last year, and your videos are the best and most detailed I've seen, great job! Can corks be reused?
Well welcome to the channel AND thanks so much for your kind words. ♥️♥️ I would never reuse corks. Number 1 it will have a screw hole in it when taking out.. it won't take long for that wine to find that hole... lol. Great question if you do reuse let me know if it works. 😁😁👍👍🍷🍷
I really Like the way how to explain to us ...making wine is very interesting & challenging for me. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge sir. I'm your new subscriber here.. Watching from Malaysia.. Anyway I'm a Filipino sir 😊
Thank you so much and welcome to my channel. Thank you from far away Pennsylvania. I want to come to Malaysia one day. I have a brother in law that is from thr Philippines. Thanks for commenting and subscribing.♥️♥️👍👍😁😁
I actually got those from a friend who was making wine professionally. Not sure where he got them. If i buy anymore when his supplies run out i would just use number nines. Some brewery stores may carry them. I'll have to check my local store but there closed today. 👍👍👍
I have been watching a bunch of your videos and I am learning tons of tips on wine making so thank you so much for your hard work on these videos. Definitely subscribed to your channel. How long is your homemade wine good for? I don’t completely understand what wines can be aged and for how long.
Thanks so much for watching out channel. This wine will last a few years but also depends on your corks. Be sure to watch that video and it will help you. 👍👍th-cam.com/video/gr_SaY6HHL4/w-d-xo.html
Hi DEAR THANKS FOR YOUR INFORMATION. I WOULD LIKE YOU PLEASE TO LET ME KNOW THE BRAND OF YOUR CORKS I HAVE PROBLEM WITH THAT ONCE I'M USING ALL BROCK WHEN UNCORKING THANKS
I really like the corks that you use, the ones with the lines going down the side. They're really pretty, but I can't find them anywhere. Do you get them from a specialty shop? Also, I'm interested to know how you made blue and green wine. I've been scouring the internet trying to figure out how to make blue wine. The only explanations I've found seem very scientific, which led me to believe it could only be done in a full-sized winery.
Lol... the blue and green wine was just for demonstration food coloring. Those corks you saw were from a commercial wine maker and I Have not found those anywhere because I'm getting low. 👍👍🍷🍷
Butterfly pea flowers will go blue similar to that naturally and you could brew a tea to get the color. If you add an acid it makes a lovely purple. Cornflower tea gets that blue color as well. Not exactly fruit but it could color it potentially.
I bought some corks from Amazon and unfortunately they crumble and fall into my wine bottle. Could you please let me know of three good brands? 10# or 9#. Thank you
You most likely bought the recycled corks and there not for wine making. I have links in the description for supplies of all my wine videos but I mainly will use jd Carlson corks.
I have the bottles, corks (#9 1 3/4”) and corker from your amazon links. I bottled 2 batches totaling 56 bottles and 6 of them kept pushing the cork back out within minutes. This was a few weeks ago. We just refrigerated those and drank them but any idea on how to fix this?
That should never happen. Did you backsweeten and add stabalizer? How many rackings did you do? Almost like your yeast is still active and in your wine.
Thank you for watching the channel. You could cap it if going to drink fairly quickly. Like month. A cap will not seal out oxygen and will spoil and turn to vinegar fairly rapidly. I suggest corking for longer shelf life. 👍👍😁😁
Does the size of the bottle matter when considering a size of cork? Example: are there some bottles that are so small, a #10 just will not fit no matter how hard you try to squeeze it in? The reason i ask is because i have a lot of bottles given to me, and even though i use the same size corks in all of them, it seems like some seal a little better than others and some corks pull out of the bottle with barley any resistance.
today i received by bottles(the description says they take size 8 and 9) and my corks. i did some research online and for my hand corker they recommended size 8, so that's the size i ordered. i took one of the corks, soaked it in water for a while, and then corked an empty bottle. when i went to take the cork out it was stuck......took me a good 10-15 minutes to get it out. is that normal? could it be because the bottle was empty and there was nothing lubricating the cork? or should i consider buying size 7? this is the very first time i cork a wine bottle. my first batch of wine will be ready in like 2-3 weeks. so i want to be ready for when the time comes.
As long as going to drink in short period of time like couple of months would be ok. Long period your risking oxygen spoiling wine i would think. Thanks for commenting👍👍😁😁
@@HowToDoneRight nope I don't think so looks exactly like yours. But I figured it out. There are adjustment nuts towards the bottom and now it works just fine.
Number 10s are very hard to find for some reason.. I had mine given to me by a commercial wine maker and since I ran out I can't find anymore either. I now use number nine corks just as good. You may still find at a brewery supply store if you have one in your area. But number nine are now my go to corks. It's what most commercial wine makers use anyway. Great question. 👍👍
We now have a store for everything you see in our videos for supplies. www.amazon.com/shop/howtodoneright
Oh! I need to watch this!
Just to let you know the bark from cork oaks has to be harvested or the tree rots and dies so using natural cork is good for the environment as the trees keep growing
Yes very environmentally friendly. If you ever see the process it looks very cruel... thanks for commenting. 👍👍😁😁
@@HowToDoneRight I have many years ago I did 2 months on a cork farm
Now that's awesome. Looks like very hard work.
Exactly were I'm at with my dandelion wine. Thanks so much for all your videos on wine making. This is my first time making wine. I'm so excited 😊
Glad to help. Wait until you taste it.👍👍😁😁🍷🍷
😢Just a short time ago I gifted myself a corker that is almost identical to yours. Up until then I used swing top bottles which allowed me to store my wines, ciders and meads for 2-3 years provided I fitted hew rubber seals regularly. That’s more or less the time my product lasts. If I wanted corked bottles, I had to borrow a corker or take my product to be corked. Given that this usually involves leaving a few bottles behind I didn’t always want to do that. Fun fact: when the person(s) owning a corker ask you “Hey, got something you need to bottle and cork?” that.s a pretty good hint they’ve greatly appreciated their cut of the previous sessions, LOL!
I did however spend part of my childhood years in a region that produced wine, a lot of ly classmates were children of vintners, and my first ever job as a 13-year-old girl was helping with the grape harvest. I learned a lot about the production of wine then and let me tell you, for home use those vintners didn’t make wine with just grapes! In later years we spent a few summers in a little French village where we’d get large jerrycans of the local wine and we’d bottle it ourselves. Again, I learned a lot about the production and storage of wine.
You’re right that it’s the density of the cork and how much it’s compressed that are most important for bottling and corking wine & the manner in which it’ll be shelf stable. However, the quality of the cork does also matter for long term storage. The denser the cork, the better it will keep and the higher the chance it won’t contain anything that might potentially spoil your wine. Rule of thumb is to have a cork that is 2-3 mm wider than the inside of the bottleneck, you can go as far as 4 mm wider. Any wider and if the bottle’s neck has any imperfections you might get in trouble. That.s one of the reasons some people prefer a cork that’s a little longer, because the pressure the cork exerts on the bottle’s neck along with the larger surface this pressure is applied to contributes to the seal.
In Europe, when you buy corks off a home brewing store you’ll often find the corks are graded according to shelf stability: “suitable for x years of storage for wine”. The corks for longer storage are a little wider and a little longer and the cork will often be denser.
I prefer corks suited for the longest possible storage (7-10 years). You never know, after all, if a bottle ends up at the back of a shelf, forgotten for a few years. You wouldn’t want to find it’s spoiled or gone past its prime and the price difference is minimal when you buy in bulk. Store them well and they’ll be fine.
Soaking the corks in sanitiser adds another advantage: the cork’ll slide in more easily. Some corks have a coating to make bottling easier. I’ve never used them. A good corkscrew will get the cork back out just fine, and this type of corker gets them in beautifully.
A little note: if the place you.re storing your wines in is a little damp and you’re afraid of mould, you can always seal the top of the cork with a bit of sealing wax or even candle wax or paraffine wax used for jams. Add a shrink cap over that, and your sealing is as bulletproof as it gets.
Great information and I appreciate you sharing all your experience and information. You have alot more experience than I do and I like to learn from all my subscribers. Thanks for teaching me something today. 👍👍👍👍😁😁😁😁🍷🍷🍷🍷
@@HowToDoneRight - I’ve had a crazy childhood followed by a weird life so I came across a lot of things over the years. Some of it useful. Glad you appreciate the input. 😊
Most definitely. 👍👍
Thank you for the corker tip and its a great hobby , health and peace amico : )
Thanks so much for watching our channel. 👍
Thanks for the vid you answered every question I had about what size corks I need to use.
Awesome. Thanks for commenting and subscribing👍👍
Very good job! Keep up the great videos!
Thank you sir. 👍👍
I'm so glad I found this channel! I've been watching videos and learning about home wine making for the last year, and your videos are the best and most detailed I've seen, great job! Can corks be reused?
Well welcome to the channel AND thanks so much for your kind words. ♥️♥️ I would never reuse corks. Number 1 it will have a screw hole in it when taking out.. it won't take long for that wine to find that hole... lol. Great question if you do reuse let me know if it works. 😁😁👍👍🍷🍷
Very helpful information. Thank you very much!
Amazing content!!!!
Thank you. 👍👍
Thank you. And nice 🎶
I really Like the way how to explain to us ...making wine is very interesting & challenging for me. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge sir. I'm your new subscriber here.. Watching from Malaysia.. Anyway I'm a Filipino sir 😊
Thank you so much and welcome to my channel. Thank you from far away Pennsylvania. I want to come to Malaysia one day. I have a brother in law that is from thr Philippines. Thanks for commenting and subscribing.♥️♥️👍👍😁😁
@@HowToDoneRight Wow interesting 😍
Lol... I think?? 😁😁 Check out my other channel too. That one is real interesting.
th-cam.com/users/AlongForTheJourney
@@HowToDoneRight i will sir 😊
Where do you get your #10 Corks? Most of the #10's I am seeing online are tapered. The one you showed us was straight.
I actually got those from a friend who was making wine professionally. Not sure where he got them. If i buy anymore when his supplies run out i would just use number nines. Some brewery stores may carry them. I'll have to check my local store but there closed today. 👍👍👍
Hello! Would wax dipping them add to their shelf life?
Great question. Corks do a great job in sealing out oxygen. Wax would add an extra layer if want to store for very very long time. 👍👍👍😁😁🐤🍷🍷🍷
I have a hand double lever corker and the corks I bought dont fit.
I have been watching a bunch of your videos and I am learning tons of tips on wine making so thank you so much for your hard work on these videos. Definitely subscribed to your channel. How long is your homemade wine good for? I don’t completely understand what wines can be aged and for how long.
Thanks so much for watching out channel. This wine will last a few years but also depends on your corks. Be sure to watch that video and it will help you. 👍👍th-cam.com/video/gr_SaY6HHL4/w-d-xo.html
@@HowToDoneRightthe link above can not be clicked
Link to what product. Amazon changes these often and I have to fix them.
dam , bought the syn corks , back to the brewery store for the real deal#10
Hi DEAR THANKS FOR YOUR INFORMATION. I WOULD LIKE YOU PLEASE TO LET ME KNOW THE BRAND OF YOUR CORKS I HAVE PROBLEM WITH THAT ONCE I'M USING ALL BROCK WHEN UNCORKING THANKS
Jd Carlson I've used.. have links in the description can get on Amazon. Thanks for supporting our channel. 👍👍🍷🍷
Great info. Thank you
Thank you for watching stay tuned for so much more And thanks for your comments and please subscribe👍👍🍷🍷😁😁
Clearly explained. 👍
Thanks so much. More coming soon 👍👍😁😁
Silly question, but the bottles I buy from the store, the screw tops... can I cork those too?
Oh yes they work too for corking. I do that all the time. I have people save me all kinds of wine bottles. 👍👍
Great video, thank you!!
Thank you so much😁😁👍👍🍷🍷
I really like the corks that you use, the ones with the lines going down the side. They're really pretty, but I can't find them anywhere. Do you get them from a specialty shop?
Also, I'm interested to know how you made blue and green wine. I've been scouring the internet trying to figure out how to make blue wine. The only explanations I've found seem very scientific, which led me to believe it could only be done in a full-sized winery.
Lol... the blue and green wine was just for demonstration food coloring. Those corks you saw were from a commercial wine maker and I Have not found those anywhere because I'm getting low. 👍👍🍷🍷
Butterfly pea flowers will go blue similar to that naturally and you could brew a tea to get the color. If you add an acid it makes a lovely purple. Cornflower tea gets that blue color as well. Not exactly fruit but it could color it potentially.
Great video
Thank you sir. Have a great evening. 👍👍😁😁
I bought some corks from Amazon and unfortunately they crumble and fall into my wine bottle. Could you please let me know of three good brands? 10# or 9#. Thank you
You most likely bought the recycled corks and there not for wine making. I have links in the description for supplies of all my wine videos but I mainly will use jd Carlson corks.
I have the bottles, corks (#9 1 3/4”) and corker from your amazon links. I bottled 2 batches totaling 56 bottles and 6 of them kept pushing the cork back out within minutes. This was a few weeks ago. We just refrigerated those and drank them but any idea on how to fix this?
That should never happen. Did you backsweeten and add stabalizer? How many rackings did you do? Almost like your yeast is still active and in your wine.
where do you get your size 10 corks? only shows there are size 9 non tapered on amazon and everywhere else I looked
Those size 10 I got from a commercial wine maker... they are hard to get and find.. a suze nine is just as good and will keep wine a long time.
What kinda wine did you have in this video? There was a green and blue. How did you get those colors?
Lol.... i just used food coloring to show the process... they would be cool wine colors though.
Lol, I was thinking the same thing!
Can you reuse a bottle with a screw top on it?
Oh yeah. As long as it is standard neck and will handle a standard cork. I've don't that many times. Great question. 😁😁👍👍🍷🍷
@@HowToDoneRight I mean cap it instead of cork it.
Love the videos by the way. I’ve been learning a lot.
Thank you for watching the channel. You could cap it if going to drink fairly quickly. Like month. A cap will not seal out oxygen and will spoil and turn to vinegar fairly rapidly. I suggest corking for longer shelf life. 👍👍😁😁
Does the size of the bottle matter when considering a size of cork?
Example: are there some bottles that are so small, a #10 just will not fit no matter how hard you try to squeeze it in?
The reason i ask is because i have a lot of bottles given to me, and even though i use the same size corks in all of them, it seems like some seal a little better than others and some corks pull out of the bottle with barley any resistance.
Yes... most 750ml bottles are 3/4 inch which uses size 8 or 9 corks.
@@HowToDoneRight so is it a special size bottle that takes the #10 cork, or do you just squeeze them in and make it work?
You squeeze them in. Will need a great corker to do it.
Hi
Where can I buy #10 cork please
I don't think you can anymore I can't find them any longer. #9 corks Are the best option.
6:12 had an SNL flashback about "cork soakers"
Lol....😊😊😊
today i received by bottles(the description says they take size 8 and 9) and my corks.
i did some research online and for my hand corker they recommended size 8, so that's the size i ordered.
i took one of the corks, soaked it in water for a while, and then corked an empty bottle.
when i went to take the cork out it was stuck......took me a good 10-15 minutes to get it out.
is that normal?
could it be because the bottle was empty and there was nothing lubricating the cork? or should i consider buying size 7?
this is the very first time i cork a wine bottle.
my first batch of wine will be ready in like 2-3 weeks. so i want to be ready for when the time comes.
8 corks will work fine. Remember you will store wine on sides so will absorb some wine and will be easier once have wine in them. Great question. 👍👍
How many mins do you let the corks soak?
Generally 30 minutes.
What’s your thoughts on screw tops ?
As long as going to drink in short period of time like couple of months would be ok. Long period your risking oxygen spoiling wine i would think. Thanks for commenting👍👍😁😁
So with my corker the black disc doesn't move up or down unless the handle is partially pulled down. Is that normal?
You must have a different model.
@@HowToDoneRight nope I don't think so looks exactly like yours. But I figured it out. There are adjustment nuts towards the bottom and now it works just fine.
Awesome.. I love that corker.👍👍
Can you recommend a source for #10 corks? I have found #9's but have not found #10's.
Number 10s are very hard to find for some reason.. I had mine given to me by a commercial wine maker and since I ran out I can't find anymore either. I now use number nine corks just as good. You may still find at a brewery supply store if you have one in your area. But number nine are now my go to corks. It's what most commercial wine makers use anyway. Great question. 👍👍
@@HowToDoneRight Thanks! Love your videos!!
Very interesting 🤔 thank you 😊
Lol.... I think? 😁😁
So what is the best wine u loved and liked
You have to stay tuned for that. Im doing a video of all my winners in last year and going to rank them. Coming soon. 👍👍
Any concerns about larger diameter corks causing increased pressure that breaks the bottle?
No concerns. A number 10 Is the max I will use and never had any issues with them . Great question👍👍