Steam Cleaning Wine Stems For Big Tastings?

[Bill_Tex_Landreth]

OK, a crazy OCD question here. For a big dinner/tasting/event would you go so far as to steam your stems so that the wine isn’t tainted by anything?

I hand wash all of my stems now in warm soapy water, dunk in cold water and then rinse completely under running cold water individually and hand dry. Pretty happy with the results as this yields no streaks and no (to me) odors in the bowl. When friends come over for dinner, I will take an extra step of steaming the stems with water from a Brita Filter Pitcher just to make sure and then hand dry them. Anybody else go this far?

[Phillip_F_r_a_n_k_s]

I actually just put them on quick rinse and heated dry in the dishwasher with no soap. Buff them up with a towel when complete and they are good to go.

[mike_pobega]

keep doing what you are doing. No need to steam them clean.
I clean each and dry each by hand.

Don’t fix what’s not broken, or you might…break it.
Like that one? I just now made it up.
Wiley Coyote, super genius.

[Cris_Whetstone]

But seriously, if you have to use soap on them then I would recommend a hot rinse after the wash and then a cold rinse to help them dry better. I only use soap very occasionally only if there are lots of greasy finger prints for instance.

[Bill_Tex_Landreth]

WetRock, I use soap for the very reason that I evidently have extremely oily hands…go figure.

[Rob_MacKay]

Maybe I have a magic dishwasher with magic water… We wash ours in the dishwasher on the hi temp wash setting and then polish with a flour sack towel when they are dry. Just like new every time with no off scents or streaks, etc… These are with the Schott Zwiesel ‘Forte’ glasses, which are my absolute favorites in the glassware QPR category.

[Eric_Anderson]

@Bill Tex Landreth

I hand wash all of my stems now in warm soapy water, dunk in cold water and then rinse completely under running cold water individually and hand dry. Pretty happy with the results as this yields no streaks and no (to me) odors in the bowl. When friends come over for dinner, I will take an extra step of steaming the stems with water from a Brita Filter Pitcher just to make sure and then hand dry them. Anybody else go this far?

No, just the washing w/soap and rinsing w/warm water. Steaming? Nah, that’s for clams, mussels, and piles.

[Cris_Whetstone]

@Bill Tex Landreth

WetRock, I use soap for the very reason that I evidently have extremely oily hands…go figure.

Well there you go then.

[Bill_Tex_Landreth]

@Cris Whetstone

@Bill Tex Landreth

WetRock, I use soap for the very reason that I evidently have extremely oily hands…go figure.

Well there you go then.

I got it…must be from the Meat Sweats!

[zachary_l_a_n_g]

I take em out of the cabinet and put them on the table (wash by hand)…don’t like it bring your own! (but that being said, now that you mention it, I want mine steam cleaned in april Tex!)

[Kim_Caldwell]

I’m in the minority, I guess.

When I’m drinking my best wines, I do steam clean the glasses. I use an electric teapot to do so.

[Paul_L_i_n]

To kill any possible source of odors, I swirl a little bleach in each stem and then rinse thoroughly. Soap only on the outside.

[Bill_Tex_Landreth]

@Kim Caldwell

I’m in the minority, I guess.

When I’m drinking my best wines, I do steam clean the glasses. I use an electric teapot to do so.

Thanks for your support Kim.

[Otto_Dobre]

Wow, steam cleaning is a great idea, would guess that it is much faster too. Will have to look for one of those powerful steamers. I bet it also reduces breakage due to less handling of the glasses.

[CFu]

would the steam get too hot and potentially crack the glass?

[Jeff_Twersky]

I use water from melted core drillings of ice from Greenland. Since I use only the ice that is at least 10,000 years old, the rest goes to scientific research. I mix that with the highest quality sodium bicarbonate that I buy directly from a small producing mine in Colorado, to make a paste that I use to clean my glasses. I then dry my glasses using a chamois from virgin animals, which I import directly from the Carpathian Mountains. I keep the glasses in a hyperbaric chamber, so that they are not polluted with common air between uses.

Or, I just put them in the dishwasher, using fragrance free detergent.

[Dave_Morris]

@Jeff Twersky

I use water from melted core drillings of ice from Greenland. Since I use only the ice that is at least 10,000 years old, the rest goes to scientific research. I mix that with the highest quality sodium bicarbonate that I buy directly from a small producing mine in Colorado, to make a paste that I use to clean my glasses. I then dry my glasses using a chamois from virgin animals, which I import directly from the Carpathian Mountains. I keep the glasses in a hyperbaric chamber, so that they are not polluted with common air between uses.

And I thought I was the only person who did this!! [ok.gif]

[Linda_Baehr]

Nice.
Hey, steam couldn’t hurt.
At work I run them in the dishwasher with a little soap, and then I run again on a short wash cycle with no soap. That might no be feasible if you only have one or two, though.

[Steve_M_c_C_a_l_l]

@Jeff Twersky

I use water from melted core drillings of ice from Greenland. Since I use only the ice that is at least 10,000 years old, the rest goes to scientific research. I mix that with the highest quality sodium bicarbonate that I buy directly from a small producing mine in Colorado, to make a paste that I use to clean my glasses. I then dry my glasses using a chamois from virgin animals, which I import directly from the Carpathian Mountains. I keep the glasses in a hyperbaric chamber, so that they are not polluted with common air between uses.

Or, I just put them in the dishwasher, using fragrance free detergent.

I chuckled through this whole thing, but the Carpathian Mountains thing totally cracked me up.

[Bill_Tex_Landreth]

@Jeff Twersky

I use water from melted core drillings of ice from Greenland. Since I use only the ice that is at least 10,000 years old, the rest goes to scientific research. I mix that with the highest quality sodium bicarbonate that I buy directly from a small producing mine in Colorado, to make a paste that I use to clean my glasses. I then dry my glasses using a chamois from virgin animals, which I import directly from the Carpathian Mountains. I keep the glasses in a hyperbaric chamber, so that they are not polluted with common air between uses.

Or, I just put them in the dishwasher, using fragrance free detergent.

I would bet some serious cash that Coehlo does exactly that.