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n2Vin will preserve wines in their bottles, but will not preserve wine spilled into the drip tray
or into the cabinet.
Clean the Drip Tray by rinsing it in the sink and wipe up wine spills in
the cabinet.
Corked wines (TCA Taint) and wines spoiled in their bottles before opening can be
‘infectious’ to other wines in the system within a matter of only several days. If this were to
occur, it is easily remedied by a repeat of the cleaning procedure, but would be
disappointing and expensive if one wine were to ruin four others!
Be sure to check newly
opened bottles or their corks to avoid placing faulted wines in the system.
A small amount of wine droplets will unavoidably remain in the barrel and underside of
the Tap outlet and dry overnight if left there. Though this presents no significant health
hazard, it is best to clean the outlet at the end of an evening’s use to avoid dried wine
residues.
ProWine offers properly sized swabs for this purpose, but the same effect can be done
with a light towel, paper towel, cotton swab (Q-Tip), etc. if you are careful to make
certain you do not leave cotton fibers at the Tap orifice! With towel or paper towel, twist-
wrap a small tight corner that will fit into the Tap barrel, moisten it with hot tap water and
insert into the orifice with a twisting motion. Alternatively, use hot-water-moistened swabs
in much the same way – making a circular motion to wipe the barrel thoroughly.
Another method is to squirt a small, thin jet of warm water from a plastic kitchen spray
bottle (set to ‘stream’, flooding the inside of the barrel sufficiently for a quick, clean rinse.
The point is:
Do not let dried wine residues build up on the Tap outlet.
Handling the Wine Tubing (Draw Tubes) with dirty hands can be a cause of
contamination that results in premature spoilage or changes in the wine due to airborne
and contact environmental contamination – particularly omnipresent acetobacter
bacteria, which could eventually change the wine to vinegar. With tens of thousands of
bottles in highly successful service in inert gas preservation equipment, the incidence of
such contamination is negligible, but remains a possibility. Combined with immediate
bottle replacement,
adopting a practice of cleaning hands or using a clean bar towel in
your hand, if needed, to guide the end of the tube into the bottle will eliminate this
possibility.
