Alvaroo's Collections & Hobbies

Life's a bi*ch. Sometimes you try to do everything possible to avoid failure, and that's not enough.

Ok, think positively!

So - this is a lesson:

1. Try to wash all your corks,
2. Dry them properly,
3. Don't use any traditional wood varnishes (hair spray is max you can do),
4. Store your corks in room temperature,
5. And store them dry,
6. Allow oxygen access,
7. Don't allow sun acces...

Any other ideas? Here's what will happen, if you disobey ;) :

Destroyed wine cork: Chateau Cadet-Piola 1990

Destroyed wine cork: Chateau La Croix De Guy (Pomerol) 1990

Destroyed wine cork: Chateau Meyney (Saint-Estephe) 1998

Destroyed wine cork: Chateau Calon-Segur (Saint-Estephe) 1988

Destroyed wine cork: Chateau Larcis-Ducasse (Saint Emilion) 1990

Destroyed wine cork: Chateau Plantey (Pauillac) 1989

Destroyed wine cork: wine from Blaignan 1989

Destroyed wine cork: Chateau Duhart-Milon Rothschild 1988

Destroyed wine cork: Les Forts De Latour 1975

Destroyed wine cork: Chateau de Fargues Lur-Saluces 1985

Destroyed wine cork: Coteaux Champenois Bouzy-Rouge (no year)

Destroyed wine cork: Chateau Grand Puy Ducasse (Pauillac) 1988

Destroyed wine cork: Chateau Lacrange (Saint Julien) 1988

Destroyed wine cork: Chateau Lafaurie Peyraguey (Haut-Sauternes) 1989

Collection is growing :) ...

Wine cork: Chateau Cambon la Pelouse Haut Medoc 2009

Wine cork: Perromat Proprietaire Cerons 1990

Wine cork: Vignobles Jean Anney, AOC St. Estephe 2004

Wine cork: Chateau Larrivet - Haut Brion, Pessac Leognan 1995

Wine cork: AC Montagne, Saint-Emilion 2005

Wine cork: Grand Vin de Larose, Haut Medoc 2006

Wine cork: Chateau Eyquem, Grand Vin 2005

Wine cork: Chateau Legonzac, Premieres Cotes de Blaye 1989

Wine cork: Pomerol L24 PL 33, D/F

Wine cork: Proprietaire Recoltant, 7 03 C 'A', Cuvee Originale

Wine cork: Saint Joseph, Jean-Luc Colombo 'JL'

Wine cork: Chateau De Francs 'Les Cerisiers', Hebrard de Bouard, 2009

Wine cork: Sauternes, 'TL', TL6-3, 2005

Wine cork: Chateau Ferrande, Graves 2003

Wine cork: Chateau Maison Noble, Saint-Martin, 28 06

Wine cork: Chateau de Caries, Fronsac 2005

Wine cork: Cadillac AOC, 'GF' 9-145

Wine cork: Domaine du Silene, 9099

Today I'm happy to show you another part of my corks collection - different versions of 'mis en bouteille' :).

According to Wikipedia, 'mis en bouteille' means:

• "... au château, au domaine, à la propriété": these indicate the wine was "estate bottled", on the same property on which it was grown
  
• "... par ..." the wine was bottled by the concern whose name follows.
  
• "... dans la région de production": the wine was not bottled at the vineyard but by a larger business at its warehouse; this warehouse was within the same winemaking region of France as the appellation, but not necessarily within the boundary of the appellation itself.
  
• "... dans nos chais, dans nos caves": the wine was bottled by the business named on the label.

Mis en bouteille... wine corks - 'au domaine' with nice fields, 'dans nos caves' stamp

Mis en bouteille... wine corks - 'I' unnamed nomacorc with grapes (synthetic cork), 'dans nos chais' - LEC

Mis en bouteille... wine corks - 'a la propriete', many versions, one nomacorc 38047

Mis en bouteille... wine corks - 'dans la region de production', 'au domaine' and others.

Mis en bouteille... wine corks - 'dans nos chais', 'au chateau', 'dans nos caves' - examples

Mis en bouteille... wine corks - classic 'a la propriete' signs...

Grand Cru and Premier Cru wine corks are usually easy to indetify by inscriptions. But many good wines have corks with 'mis en buteille au chateau / dans nos caves / a la propriete' written on it. Some of them are really nice, ornamented and decorative.

Toady I've prepared some photos of them.

Enjoy!

If you wish to ask about something, i'll be gald to answer your comments :).

Grape and leaf - 24 86 & 25 (two pieces)

Wine glass, spray of grape and leaf - AC C2 41-11 and A12 68793 W-100 (two pieces)

spray of grape and leaf - 6 41

leaf - grape - leaf on branch - 00

harvests - 065

leaf and grape - A in circle - PSB A5B 266

Grandi vini italiani - AG signs 53349

Mis en Bouteille en Alsace - crown and 'coat of arms' decorative motif

Chateau design - 51 19 8

Mis en bouteille a la properiete - wine glass, leaf and grape - S 09 6

Mis en bouteille dans la region de production - uneidentyfied Coat of Arms - 8 4 18

Chateau design - Mis en Bouteille au Chateau - DF

Mis en Bouteille a la Propriete - with decoratice branch, leafs and grapes (synthetic cork)

Harvester - DF - F69-64 - 05 D 46

Map of South America with Argentina merked - Envasado en origen - 02-06-04 (synthetic cork)

V&B marks on 5 staves, triangle in circle