When you guys decant a wine either for air or sediment and then pour the wine back into the bottle for ease of service or to take to the restaurant, what do you use to rinse out the rest of the sediment in the bottle? I've been using Brita filtered tap water. I have not yet used bottled water for this purpose. Just wondering how elaborate others get. Also, do you dry the bottle out? I often wish I had a pressurized air supply hooked up to a small hose like I used to have on the lab bench in my student days.

I usually just give it a real quick rinse of tap water (no odor in our water I can detect), shake as much of the water out of the bottle as I can and return to bottle. No biggie.

Only the best ... Fiji Water. No ordinary tap water will be touching my bottles of Lafitte.

My tap water has a noticeable off taste, so I use Brita filtered water. Shake it out as best as possible and refill.

PH

I don't do it often, usually bringing the wine in a decanter. When I do rebottle after rinsing, I use tap water if there is no odor, otherwise, bottled water.

i always havea bottle of cheap port opened for this purpose

Tap water and return to bottle. Never noticed a problem.

The few times I've done this it's been tap water shaken up in the bottle, than shake out as much as i can. The water is pretty good where I'm at.

Filtered water (chlorine is noticeable in tap water), then upside down on a paper towel for a few minutes to drip.

Tap water. Then upside down for a minute to drip. That's to get the rest of the water out, because if you have any off odors, you're obviously going to trap them in the bottle, but our water doesn't have any.

wow, do no one really keep any spare wine around for prepping decanters?

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Originally posted by Board-O:
I don't do it often, usually bringing the wine in a decanter.

Ditto.

I do not rebottle.

Anathema.

I've always used distilled water.

Like others, after I rinse it I rest it upside down for a few minutes to get it mostly dry

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Originally posted by The Cabernet of Doctor Caligari:

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Originally posted by Board-O:
I don't do it often, usually bringing the wine in a decanter.

Ditto.

I do not rebottle.

Anathema.

I'd wager that most locales would not permit someone to show up with a decanter full of wine. I know for a fact that it isn't permitted where I am.

PH

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Originally posted by PurpleHaze:

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Originally posted by The Cabernet of Doctor Caligari:

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Originally posted by Board-O:
I don't do it often, usually bringing the wine in a decanter.

Ditto.

I do not rebottle.

Anathema.

I'd wager that most locales would not permit someone to show up with a decanter full of wine. I know for a fact that it isn't permitted where I am.

PH

Agreed.

I really just meant decanting and not rebottling.

We've taken decanters ahead of time for group dinners with multiple wines, but the wine was opened and poured at the restaurant.

We have extraordinarily good tap water here. No problems whatsoever.

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Originally posted by PurpleHaze:

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Originally posted by The Cabernet of Doctor Caligari:

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Originally posted by Board-O:
I don't do it often, usually bringing the wine in a decanter.

Ditto.

I do not rebottle.

Anathema.

I'd wager that most locales would not permit someone to show up with a decanter full of wine. I know for a fact that it isn't permitted where I am.

PH

Not a problem in NY or FL. There are open container laws, but unless a cop suspects you were drinking, they wouldn't bother with people holding a decanter. They're looking for people drinking in the car.

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Originally posted by Board-O:

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Originally posted by PurpleHaze:

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Originally posted by The Cabernet of Doctor Caligari:

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Originally posted by Board-O:
I don't do it often, usually bringing the wine in a decanter.

Ditto.

I do not rebottle.

Anathema.

I'd wager that most locales would not permit someone to show up with a decanter full of wine. I know for a fact that it isn't permitted where I am.

PH

Not a problem in NY or FL. There are open container laws, but unless a cop suspects you were drinking, they wouldn't bother with people holding a decanter. They're looking for people drinking in the car.

a fellow forumite informed me that if you stuck some scotch tape over the top, it's ALLLLLLLLLLLLL good.

I feel you have a concern for contaminates here. You can always prime the rinsed bottle with a splash of the wine.

i have special 375 and 750 ml bottles with combo cork/cap enclosures (thank you kedco) which I use whenever I am putting a decanted wine back in bottle (usually for transport or for blind tasting purposes). i clean those bottles with the super hot water then air dry on drying stand for a few hours.

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Originally posted by DoubleD:
Only the best ... Fiji Water. No ordinary tap water will be touching my bottles of Lafitte.

haha - you gave yourself away. Only one 't' in Lafite.

My wife swears by Fiji water but its so damn expensive in Toronto. It's half price in Michigan so we stock up when we drive over

I love the idea of bringing a decanter somewhere, but it's only feasible if you drive. In fact, in cool weather like today, you can cover the top with something and put it in a box in the trunk and maybe thereby avoid violating the open container laws.

However, taking a decanter onto the subway during rush hour to make a dinner date - that's not practical. Although given the stuff people do take on, maybe it's not so far-fetched.