For any UK winemakers who are still having problem removing the gum left behind by new fangled (read annoying) labels on your wine- bottles, I found a good product. It works pretty much the same as WD-40 but leaves no obvious remains at all (no oil-sheen or anything). It is called "Sticky Label Remover" (this is the UK after all) and it smells citrus like some of the US products I heard of before Goo-Gone (?) etc.
It is distributed by a company called tableau (
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) You can buy it right on that site or get it in stores across the country. The link I just posted includes a postcode stockist finder. It comes highly recommended by myself!After soaking and removing the paper portion of troublesome wine- bottle labels, I used a 1 second spray from this aerosol and had the stubborn goo removed within 20 seconds which is even faster than rubbing with WD-40.
Thought I'd share anyway...
Jim