CHAPTER XVI.

WINE IN BOTTLES. When ready for bottling, how long to remain in wood, 154; how prepared for bottling, the most favorable time for bottling, 155; bottles, 156; filling the bottles, 157; corks, 158; corking machines, 159; preparation of the corks, driving in corks, 160; sealing corks, sealing wax, applying the same, coloring same, 161; capsules, capsuling, piling bottles, 162; racks and bins for bottles, 164; treatment of wine in bottles, fermentation in bottles, 165; deposits and turbidity, 166; bitterness and acrity, ropiness, degeneration and putridity, 167; decantation, 168; operation, instrument, 169.