Hi Stargazer,
Below you will find a number of different methods for the removal of wine labels.
Modern labels often tend to use synthetic adhesives and warm water
won't be enough.
Oven Method
?Put your bottle without cork into your oven.
Turn the oven on to 100 degrees C. (220F)
Leave your bottle in the oven for about 10 min.
Turn off oven.
Using oven gloves (the bottle is really hot) take out the bottle and
immediately, take a small thin sharp knife (razor blade style) and use
it to take off your label. This should by now be easy. This kind of
labels has very long lasting glue and will stay sticky almost
indefinitely. So, put the label on a towel with the glue upwards and
put some talc powder on it to stop the stickiness.?
Virtual-ink
http://www.virtual-ink.com.au/afw-faq/faq007.htm
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Here are some more methods for the removal of wine bottle labels.
Oven
?Baking them in the oven at 100-150 deg for 10-15 minutes.?
?The glue softened and the labels peeled right off w/o any tearing.
The labels were still very gummy so I sprinkled a little flour on them
and that took care of that. Then I laid them face up on a mat and
placed a heavy book on them for a few hours to flatten them out.?
Ice and water
?Have you ever iced down that bottle of bubbly (talk about your
stubborn labels) or that last minute shelf purchase from the local
wine merchant. or had your selection in a restaurant plunged into a
sweating bucket? the label usually falls off before the second glass
is poured. a few bags of ice, and an empty cooler will usually take
care of a party load of bottles in one sitting. again, it's not
fool-proof, but if all else fails.?
Freezer Method
?One method that doesn't work every time but, depending on the
adhesive used, works well. First, completely soak the label in water
then place the bottle in the freezer. Once the label is frozen, it
should pop off with gentle persuasion. Flatten the label until it
dries.?
Soaking Method
Equipment: One of those tall, Igloo water jugs that you use on picnics
or sporting events, tall enough to hold a wine bottle ... Ivory
Detergent ... paper towels .. wax paper .. single edged razor blade ..
heavy book.
?Fill the jug with warm water and 1-2 drops of Ivory Detergent (we've
found the pure soap detergents seem to work the best )
Fill the wine bottle itself with VERY hot water and immerse it in the jug
After about 30 minutes, you'll either have the label floating in the
jug or loosely clinging to the bottle. If it's not off by then, we
usually know it will take anywhere from 2 hours to overnight for the
soaking to work.
If, after the long or short soak, you find the label has still not come off:
?Take the bottle out of the jug, fill it again with very warm water
and cram an old cork back into and dry the bottle well . Try to get
the label as dry as possible.
Laying the bottle on a towel (to steady it) we use a single edged
razor blade an start working on the side of the label (following the
curve of the bottle) scraping the label off. We do a little from one
side and then from the other, working back and forth until it is off.
Once you have the label off .. put it between a couple of paper towels
to first blot up as much moisture as possible (BE CAREFUL) .. some of
the new glues are of the "peel and stick" variety and will stick to
anything. When we find one of these, we take some plain white paper
and press the label down onto it and trim around the label.
We then place the label on a piece of waxed paper with paper towels on
top of it and weight it down with a heavy book.?
Strats Place
http://www.stratsplace.com/how_label.html
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Warm/hot water with ammonia
Water with a pinch of sodium bicarbonate
http://www.mkellstrand.com/winelabels/collector/index.html
Final label solution
?Household ammonia 1 Cup per sink full of warm (not hot) water for 45 min then
slip off , place on paper towel and pat excess water off---next smear the back of
wine label with White glue then smooth on wall or poster board . Superior
method!?
Epicurious
http://food4.epicurious.com/HyperNews/get/archive_wine701-800/776/5.html
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There's a description of some methods of wine label removal at Brad &
Dri's Internet Guide to Wine FAQ
?Soak in water with some ammonia added--and some have said all
ammonia, but I'll bet they really meant just a mixture (and I assume
you don't heat it?). The ammonia is said to dissolve the glue, but
then evaporate from the label, leaving no residue. Be careful with
glossy labels as the ammonia may dissolve the ink.?
?For glue which is soluble in gasoline, soak in gasoline for 10 to 30
minutes and they will fall off. Definitely don't heat it. Furthermore,
I DO NOT suggest this technique, since it is much too dangerous. DON'T
DO IT!?
?If water won't penetrate metal or foil labels, try soaking overnight
in a wetting agent such as a concentrated wall-paper remover solution.
Work with the razor blade technique, but you may only be able to go a
little way in at a time before peeling becomes impossible. At this
point, put the bottle back to soaking overnight. Repeat until the
label is removed. May also work on non-foil labels.?
http://www.sbwines.com/usenet_winefaq/labeloff.html
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How to Save that Label:
The Blow-drier Method
?Some of the new glues are unaffected by water, but will melt enough
to slide the label off the bottle after ?toasting? the label with a
blow-drier for about 5 minutes. Try this if the soaking method doesn?t
work and you don?t like razor blades.?
Beekman Wines
http://www.beekmanwine.com/prevtopr.htm
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Here is a review of the heat treatment method
?This is becoming increasingly successful as more wineries move to
self adhesive labels. Easiest and most successful use of heat it to
pour boiling water - it must be boiling - into the bottle, wait a few
minutes and try peeling off the label by sliding a finger nail under a
corner.?
?I have also removed a couple of self adhesive labels using using a
hair dryer when I was in a hotel. And at home I have had some success
by placing the bottle in a warm oven.?
?The problem with all these methods is the bottle gets so hot it is
painful to hold.?
Result:- Works with self adhesive labels, especially semi plastic labels.
Conclusion: - Dangerous handing hot bottle.
Winelabel.org
http://www.winelabels.org/remove.htm
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There's no perfect solution, but here are some tricks:
?Use very hot water and give the bottles a long soak. If hot water
alone won't do it, try adding a cup of ammonia.
As soon as you remove the bottle from the hot water, attack the label
with a hair dryer, which may help soften the glue.
Try gently coaxing the edges of the label with a single-edge razor.?
Wine Lovers PAge
http://www.wine-lovers-page.com/wineadvisor/tswa0322.shtml
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Grape-Nutz Wine Label Removal Page
http://www.grape-nutz.com/soldiers/labels/removal.html
Images of wine label removal
http://www.grape-nutz.com/soldiers/labels/removal2.html
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Here is a trick from the Fine Wine Guide:
?To remove the wine label from the bottle, add hot water into the
bottle after you have finished the bottle and slowly peel off with
caution. The tricks to using this technique to collect wine labels are
to ensure the hand which is holding the bottle to be wearing a oven
mitt and to use a steady force when you try to peel off the label.?
http://www.fine-wine-guide.com/wine-bottle-labels.php
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The Label Library System might be of your interest:
http://www.winewares.com/label_lib.html
Purchase here:
http://www.winewares.com/ps/phd.cgi?Item_Number=73LLREFILL
Here is a review of the Label Library Label Remover
Result: Reliable and effective.
Conclusion: Very expensive.
http://www.winelabels.org/remove.htm
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Requesting labels from wineries:
?Try contacting the winery directly. Most wineries have boxes of
labels sitting around
that were not used during bottling. You will get a nice, clean,
unused label for your
collection. We get requests for labels all the time and are happy to
send them along.?
Epicurious
http://food4.epicurious.com/HyperNews/get/archive_wine701-800/776/3.html
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