I never thought such a thing would be possible but I just had an explosion in my kitchen. There are glass shards everywhere! I had an empty bottle of merlot from last week, sitting, corked, waiting to be taken out to the trash and it EXPLODED. Apparently this thing built up gasses or something because I'd put the cork back in the empty bottle. It looks like a terrorist just visited my kitchen. Don't put corks back in empty wine bottles unless you intend to take them out to be disposed of immediately.
This has been a public service announcement from someone who just cut her hand on broken wine bottle glass and now has to vacuum the kitchen floor.
Jill -- I used to have a handle on life...but it broke off.
I never thought such a thing would be possible but I just had an explosion in my kitchen. There are glass shards everywhere! I had an empty bottle of merlot from last week, sitting, corked, waiting to be taken out to the trash and it EXPLODED. Apparently this thing built up gasses or something because I'd put the cork back in the empty bottle. It looks like a terrorist just visited my kitchen. Don't put corks back in empty wine bottles unless you intend to take them out to be disposed of immediately.
This has been a public service announcement from someone who just cut her hand on broken wine bottle glass and now has to vacuum the kitchen floor.
Jill
Sheesh, Jill, that's not too good. Hope your hand is ok. Cheers Cathy
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I never thought such a thing would be possible but I just had an explosion in my kitchen. There are glass shards everywhere! I had an empty bottle of merlot from last week, sitting, corked, waiting to be taken out to the trash and it EXPLODED. Apparently this thing built up gasses or something because I'd put the cork back in the empty bottle. It looks like a terrorist just visited my kitchen. Don't put corks back in empty wine bottles unless you intend to take them out to be disposed of immediately.
Then you run the risk of it exploding all over someone else, just toss the cork.
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This has been a public service announcement from someone who just cut her hand on broken wine bottle glass and now has to vacuum the kitchen floor.
Geez, sorry to hear you hurt yourself. You'll be finding glass for some time, be careful.
I never thought such a thing would be possible but I just had an explosion in my kitchen. There are glass shards everywhere! I had an empty bottle of merlot from last week, sitting, corked, waiting to be taken out to the trash and it EXPLODED. Apparently this thing built up gasses or something because I'd put the cork back in the empty bottle. It looks like a terrorist just visited my kitchen. Don't put corks back in empty wine bottles unless you intend to take them out to be disposed of immediately.
This has been a public service announcement from someone who just cut her hand on broken wine bottle glass and now has to vacuum the kitchen floor.
It's good you're okay but what you describe is an oddity (very strange occurance), I can't imagine the cork wouldn't have simply popped out. Folks push corks back into partially full wine bottles all the time, I do it myself... every once in a while gas from sparkling wines or just re-fermentaion will ease the cork back out. Even laboratorys use corks rather than screw tops, so the cork will pop out before the bottle bursts. For more than 40 years I've been buying gallon jugs of Gallo wine by the case, and these are screw caps, can't pop out... never once did a jug burst, and we're talking thousands of jugs... which reminds me, got a case sitting in my car since last week... now you have me worried I will find it exploded. Methinks you forced that cork back in with gorilla glue... and that bottle had to of somehow been damaged after you opened it. You say it was sitting all week, perhaps you left it in a sunny spot, then it could get awfully warm and just the air could expand enough to burst a bottle... but not with a cork unless the bottle was somehow damaged... ya know, you drank that entire bottle... sure you didn't give it bang but just don't remember. 😉
I never thought such a thing would be possible but I just had an explosion in my kitchen. There are glass shards everywhere! I had an empty bottle of merlot from last week, sitting, corked, waiting to be taken out to the trash and it EXPLODED. Apparently this thing built up gasses or something because I'd put the cork back in the empty bottle. It looks like a terrorist just visited my kitchen. Don't put corks back in empty wine bottles unless you intend to take them out to be disposed of immediately.
This has been a public service announcement from someone who just cut her hand on broken wine bottle glass and now has to vacuum the kitchen floor.
Empty? No no. Take the bottle back to the liquor store and show them the defective bottle that burst after you re-corked it. They will probably give you a replacement.
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I never thought such a thing would be possible but I just had an explosion in my kitchen. There are glass shards everywhere! I had an empty bottle of merlot from last week, sitting, corked, waiting to be taken out to the trash and it EXPLODED. Apparently this thing built up gasses or something because I'd put the cork back in the empty bottle. It looks like a terrorist just visited my kitchen. Don't put corks back in empty wine bottles unless you intend to take them out to be disposed of immediately.
This has been a public service announcement from someone who just cut her hand on broken wine bottle glass and now has to vacuum the kitchen floor.
Empty? No no. Take the bottle back to the liquor store and show them the defective bottle that burst after you re-corked it. They will probably give you a replacement.
Something else must have been involved - any pressure build up would have pushed the cork out long before the bottle burst. Perhaps the bottle was defective. Do your kids have a BB gun <g>?
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I never thought such a thing would be possible but I just had an explosion in my kitchen. There are glass shards everywhere! I had an empty bottle of merlot from last week, sitting, corked, waiting to be taken out to the trash and it EXPLODED. Apparently this thing built up gasses or something because I'd put the cork back in the empty bottle. It looks like a terrorist just visited my kitchen. Don't put corks back in empty wine bottles unless you intend to take them out to be disposed of immediately.
This has been a public service announcement from someone who just cut her hand on broken wine bottle glass and now has to vacuum the kitchen floor.
Jill -- I used to have a handle on life...but it broke off.
1. Glad you're OK. 2. It certainly is strange that there would be enough liquid and/or live culture left in the bottle to create that level of gas. 3. I've heard of this with full bottles but not empty ones. 4. As a possible explanation if you closed the bottle at a very cold time (weather) under a high pressure condition and then your area transitioned to a very low pressure hot time maybe there would be enough difference to cause the bottle to shatter. I do however suspect that based upon the way the class shattered I think there was something wrong with the glass. Maybe it was unduly stressed somehow.
Something else must have been involved - any pressure build up would have pushed the cork out long before the bottle burst. Perhaps the bottle was defective. Do your kids have a BB gun <g>?
Just re-read her post.... and Jill said: "I had an empty bottle of merlot from last week, sitting, corked, waiting to be taken out to the trash"... she didn't say *where* it was sitting exactly... and then I remembered - Jill has them cute, furry creatures aka cats... maybe she should ask them a few questions?? 🙂 I know our cats have been known to cause mayhem and destruction in the past....
Cathy -- I don't suffer from insanity - I enjoy every minute of it
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Something else must have been involved - any pressure build up would have pushed the cork out long before the bottle burst. Perhaps the bottle was defective. Do your kids have a BB gun <g>?
Just re-read her post.... and Jill said: "I had an empty bottle of merlot from last week, sitting, corked, waiting to be taken out to the trash"... she didn't say *where* it was sitting exactly... and then I remembered - Jill has them cute, furry creatures aka cats... maybe she should ask them a few questions?? 🙂 I know our cats have been known to cause mayhem and destruction in the past....
Cathy -- I don't suffer from insanity - I enjoy every minute of it
If that be true there would probably be cat blood all over the house. When glass explodes as she mentioned it really goes all over the place like a bullet.
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Peter Aitken said:
Something else must have been involved - any pressure build up would have pushed the cork out long before the bottle burst. Perhaps the bottle was defective. Do your kids have a BB gun <g>?
Just re-read her post.... and Jill said: "I had an empty bottle of merlot from last week, sitting, corked, waiting to be taken out to the trash"... she didn't say *where* it was sitting exactly... and then I remembered - Jill has them cute, furry creatures aka cats... maybe she should ask them a few questions?? 🙂 I know our cats have been known to cause mayhem and destruction in the past....
Cathy -- I don't suffer from insanity - I enjoy every minute of it
If that be true there would probably be cat blood all over the house. When glass explodes as she mentioned it really goes all over the place like a bullet.
Dimitri
Good point, Dimitri. But if the bottle was sitting near a window, and the cat knocked it over on its way out of said window... it's possible that it missed the "blast" ... Just find it very strange - we have had many empty wine bottles "sitting around" in our kitchen in our lifetime and none have exploded.... This is very strange indeed. Anyway, we will have to ask Jill.
Cheers Cathy
-- I don't suffer from insanity - I enjoy every minute of it
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If that be true there would probably be cat blood all over the house. When glass explodes as she mentioned it really goes all over the place like a bullet.
Dimitri
Good point, Dimitri. But if the bottle was sitting near a window, and the cat knocked it over on its way out of said window... it's possible that it missed the "blast" ... Just find it very strange - we have had many empty wine bottles "sitting around" in our kitchen in our lifetime and none have exploded.... This is very strange indeed. Anyway, we will have to ask Jill.
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I never thought such a thing would be possible but I just had an explosion in my kitchen. There are glass shards everywhere! I had an empty bottle of merlot from last week, sitting, corked, waiting to be taken out to the trash and it EXPLODED. Apparently this thing built up gasses or something because I'd put the cork back in the empty bottle. It looks like a terrorist just visited my kitchen. Don't put corks back in empty wine bottles unless you intend to take them out to be disposed of immediately.
This has been a public service announcement from someone who just cut her hand on broken wine bottle glass and now has to vacuum the kitchen floor.
Jill -- I used to have a handle on life...but it broke off.
1. Glad you're OK. 2. It certainly is strange that there would be enough liquid and/or live culture left in the bottle to create that level of gas. 3. I've heard of this with full bottles but not empty ones. 4. As a possible explanation if you closed the bottle at a very cold time (weather) under a high pressure condition and then your area transitioned to a very low pressure hot time maybe there would be enough difference to cause the bottle to shatter. I do however suspect that based upon the way the class shattered I think there was something wrong with the glass. Maybe it was unduly stressed somehow.
I suspect the bottle had some microorganisms in it and they blossomed after the bottle was re-corked. As the microorganisms grew, they generated gas, just like yeast does when it gets warm. The gas probably built up to a sufficient degree to pop the bottle.
I suspect the bottle had some microorganisms in it and they blossomed after the bottle was re-corked. As the microorganisms grew, they generated gas, just like yeast does when it gets warm. The gas probably built up to a sufficient degree to pop the bottle.
And what would those micro-organisms be eating? Yeast eats sugar to produce alcohol and carbon dioxide, but it stops when the alcohol content gets too high or when it runs out of sugar.
I am inclined to go along with the cat theory. If the glass is all on the floor and not on the counter it was probably knocked there.
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I used to have a handle on life...but it broke off.
1. Glad you're OK. 2. It certainly is strange that there would be enough liquid and/or live culture left in the bottle to create that level of gas. 3. I've heard of this with full bottles but not empty ones. 4. As a possible explanation if you closed the bottle at a very cold time (weather) under a high pressure condition and then your area transitioned to a very low pressure hot time maybe there would be enough difference to cause the bottle to shatter. I do however suspect that based upon the way the class shattered I think there was something wrong with the glass. Maybe it was unduly stressed somehow.
I suspect the bottle had some microorganisms in it and they blossomed after the bottle was re-corked. As the microorganisms grew, they generated gas, just like yeast does when it gets warm. The gas probably built up to a sufficient degree to pop the bottle.
Yep - the pressure had to come from somewhere but where is the question of the century.
Was it one of those newfangled plastic or rubberish corks??
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merlot from last week, sitting, corked, waiting to be taken out to the
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and it EXPLODED. Apparently this thing built up gasses or something
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I'd put the cork back in the empty bottle. It looks like a terrorist
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visited my kitchen. Don't put corks back in empty wine bottles unless
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intend to take them out to be disposed of immediately.
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hand on broken wine bottle glass and now has to vacuum the kitchen
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It's good you're okay but what you describe is an oddity (very strange occurance), I can't imagine the cork wouldn't have simply popped out. Folks push corks back into partially full wine bottles all the time, I do it myself... every once in a while gas from sparkling wines or just re-fermentaion will ease the cork back out. Even laboratorys use corks rather than screw tops, so the cork will pop out before the bottle bursts. For more than 40 years I've been buying gallon jugs of Gallo wine by the case, and these are screw caps, can't pop out... never once did a jug burst, and we're talking thousands of jugs... which reminds me, got a case sitting in my car since last week... now you have me worried I will find it exploded. Methinks you forced that cork back in with gorilla glue... and that bottle had to of somehow been damaged after you opened it. You say it was sitting all week, perhaps you left it in a sunny spot, then it could get awfully warm and just the air could expand enough to burst a bottle... but not with a cork unless the bottle was somehow damaged... ya know, you drank that entire bottle... sure you didn't give it bang but just don't remember. 😉
I never thought such a thing would be possible but I just had an explosion in my kitchen. There are glass shards everywhere! I had an empty bottle of merlot from last week, sitting, corked, waiting to be taken out to the trash and it EXPLODED. Apparently this thing built up gasses or something because I'd put the cork back in the empty bottle. It looks like a terrorist just visited my kitchen. Don't put corks back in empty wine bottles unless you intend to take them out to be disposed of immediately.
This has been a public service announcement from someone who just cut her hand on broken wine bottle glass and now has to vacuum the kitchen floor.
Empty? No no. Take the bottle back to the liquor store and show them the defective bottle that burst after you re-corked it. They will probably give you a replacement.
Take it back? How? It's literally in tiny shards (and now in my vacuum cleaner).
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> > Something else must have been involved - any pressure build up > would have pushed the cork out long before the bottle burst. > Perhaps the bottle was defective. Do your kids have a BB gun <g>? >
Just re-read her post.... and Jill said: "I had an empty bottle of merlot from last week, sitting, corked, waiting to be taken out to the trash"... she didn't say *where* it was sitting exactly... and then I remembered - Jill has them cute, furry creatures aka cats... maybe she should ask them a few questions?? 🙂 I know our cats have been known to cause mayhem and destruction in the past....
Cathy -- I don't suffer from insanity - I enjoy every minute of it
If that be true there would probably be cat blood all over the house. When glass explodes as she mentioned it really goes all over the place like a bullet.
Dimitri
Good point, Dimitri. But if the bottle was sitting near a window, and the cat knocked it over on its way out of said window... it's possible that it missed the "blast" ... Just find it very strange - we have had many empty wine bottles "sitting around" in our kitchen in our lifetime and none have exploded.... This is very strange indeed. Anyway, we will have to ask Jill.
Cheers Cathy
There is no window in the kitchen. The kitchen was not hot. It was sitting on the floor by the wall away from the stove, away from the fridge. Just sitting there waiting for me to take it out with the trash. It's very odd (and Persia was no where near it, in fact, she just about jumped through the ceiling when we heard the explosion).
I suspect the bottle had some microorganisms in it and they blossomed after the bottle was re-corked. As the microorganisms grew, they generated gas, just like yeast does when it gets warm. The gas probably built up to a sufficient degree to pop the bottle.
And what would those micro-organisms be eating? Yeast eats sugar to produce alcohol and carbon dioxide, but it stops when the alcohol content gets too high or when it runs out of sugar.
I am inclined to go along with the cat theory. If the glass is all on the floor and not on the counter it was probably knocked there.
The bottle was on the floor to begin with. And Persia is an unusual cat - she doesn't jump on counters or tables. Never even messes with my computer 🙂
I suspect the bottle had some microorganisms in it and they blossomed after the bottle was re-corked. As the microorganisms grew, they generated gas, just like yeast does when it gets warm. The gas probably built up to a sufficient degree to pop the bottle.
And what would those micro-organisms be eating? Yeast eats sugar to produce alcohol and carbon dioxide, but it stops when the alcohol content gets too high or when it runs out of sugar.
They would be eating the remaining liquid in the bottle. Unless Jill thoroughly washed out that wine bottle before she replaced the cork on it, there was still likely an ample supply of food in it.
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I am inclined to go along with the cat theory. If the glass is all on the floor and not on the counter it was probably knocked there.
