ScrewTop wine bottles

[AlexCricket]

I have some wine to bottle which I intend to do with normal corks. I have collected some bottles but have been given others. Some of the ones I've been given are screw tops with the tops missing. Can I still put corks in these?

[RatboyOllie]

worked fine for me !

[Horden Hillbilly]

Yes, you can use them for corking but please be gentle when you push your corks into your bottles with the screw cap threads as the glass is thinner where the screwthread has been formed.

[arturobandini]

I've corked some of these and like Horden says they are a little thinner so easy on the hand capper hammering. I've also used the original screwtops as well and have had no problems with either options.

[yashicamat]

Sorry to bring up an old thread, but I thought it better than creating a new one. I am in this position as well now with a seemingly limitless supply of screw bottles from colleagues but with no caps. I have a two handled wine corker (I think the same as yours, HH?) which seems to insert the cork very smoothly.

I intend to use waxed corks - is this ok with screwcap bottles? Cheers.

[Horden Hillbilly]

Sorry to bring up an old thread, but I thought it better than creating a new one. I am in this position as well now with a seemingly limitless supply of screw bottles from colleagues but with no caps. I have a two handled wine corker (I think the same as yours, HH?) which seems to insert the cork very smoothly.

I intend to use waxed corks - is this ok with screwcap bottles? Cheers.

You should be ok, as long as you are gentle when you push the corks into the bottles. I have corked a few screw cap bottles myself using waxed corks & a twin lever corker. It may be a wise move to check the bottles first to make sure the screw threads are not cracked/chipped.

[yashicamat]

Sorry to bring up an old thread, but I thought it better than creating a new one. I am in this position as well now with a seemingly limitless supply of screw bottles from colleagues but with no caps. I have a two handled wine corker (I think the same as yours, HH?) which seems to insert the cork very smoothly.

I intend to use waxed corks - is this ok with screwcap bottles? Cheers.

You should be ok, as long as you are gentle when you push the corks into the bottles. I have corked a few screw cap bottles myself using waxed corks & a twin lever corker. It may be a wise move to check the bottles first to make sure the screw threads are not cracked/chipped.

Cheers. Is there a better choice of cork to use?

[Horden Hillbilly]

Is there a better choice of cork to use?

I use the silicone coated corks from Hop & Grape myself, these are more expensive than the standard corks but make the corking task effortless.

[yashicamat]

Is there a better choice of cork to use?

I use the silicone coated corks from Hop & Grape myself, these are more expensive than the standard corks but make the corking task effortless.

The price isn't that steep, especially considering the potential loss if a cheap cork causes a bottle next to break.