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a hook that you leave for it to hang on the edge of the bottle's
mouth. Insert the straight part into the bottle mouth and leave
it hooked in the edge. Insert the cork as usual. The paper clip
has allowed room for compressed gases to escape. Pull the
paper clip out and you are done.
Wine Thief
A wine thief is a long tube with a special valve on the end that
allows you to remove wine from a container very easily.
Clean and sanitize it before and after use. It is generally
recommend that wine removed not be returned to the
container to avoid contamination. However, unless you have
added an adulterant to the wine (such as sodium hydroxide for
testing acidity), as long as the wine thief and any equipment
used are cleaned and sanitized, I have never had a problem
from putting the wine back into the same container.
The biggest reason why you would want to “steal” wine in
this fashion is so it can be tested for specific gravity and
acidity. I cover these tests and the required equipment
extensively in the next chapters.
Nylon Straining Bags
These are fine-meshed nylon bags with zippered closures
used to hold fruit for crushing in a fashion that allows you to
remove the solids later with minimal mess. The bags can be
cleaned, sterilized, and re-used many times. These come in
very handy when making wines from crushed blueberries,
cherries, and similar fruits. They come in various sizes in
order to accommodate different sized batches of fruits and
wine.
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