There's a dimpling of the corks (using a hand corker) that looks in a way that I can only describe as a foreskin. If I take a sharp knife and cut this off, am I doing any harm?
I plan on shrinkwrapping the gifts, so it's not a huge deal, just annoying.
Set up your corker so it drives the cork about 1/8" below the top of the bottle neck. That will eliminate the foreskin problem.
And wet the cork after inserting; I always wash the bottles before labeling.
Joe
We've had the same problem with occaisional bottles. We designate the corker/capper to be the bottle moihel (sp?) as well. A utility knife held flush onto to bottle top works well for us. Shrink-capsules cover the surgery & no recipients has ever even mentioned it. It hasn't affected storage either.
With natural corks I used a 7/16" socket to press in that last little bit when I had corks not seat all the way, anything that fits in the neck of the bottle would work. You have to do it immediately if you try this. It might be easier than trimming.
Joe
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