Colour coding

[Cellar_Rat]

I only tend to bottle wine to give away. I like the clean bottle with a cork approach and it saves me the issue of getting yet another label off.

However I do need to know what is in them......

First thought was to get some 'write on' 18mm round labels. These would cover the cork with a label - hence it is removed along with the cork.

Secondly I have thought of using colour coding with 5mm coloured stickers on the base of the bottle. This tends to get complex with several vintages and several blends you run out of colours.

Finally A mate suggested small brown 'licky sticky' labels which are (obviously) water soluble

Has anyone else tried or failed with similar systems ?

[SiSandrine]

If you use ordinary paper with Pritt Stick tyle glue the labels are easy as pie to remove, simply rinse with cold water, there is no residue and that shouldn't affect the contents. I use this for all my bottle labels.

[goldseal]

Small avery sticky inkjet labels. Different colour print for different years

[Rich]

I use the small round label on top of the cork. I can then see these when in the wine rack.

[mcblades]

pritt stick and printer paper for me.

Also, for tough labels if you lightly score then apply oil (eg olive oil) to the label surface and leave overnight they peel off!

cheers

Mark

[David]

I use the small round label on top of the cork. I can then see these when in the wine rack.

Ditto (well almost as they stick better on the neck) and using different colours and shapes. That eliminates the need for removing/returning bottles which tends to scrape the label off the side.

[lockwood1956]

Thin strips of paper wrapped around the neck and stuck to themselves or selotaped to themselves (and therefore not to the bottle) and placed on upside down so they can be read without taking them from the wine rack.

makes sense to me, but might not to anyone reading this....


if not i will take a pic

[lockwood1956]

Martina uses medical tape which comes off easily, and is easy to write on.

regards
bob