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That's hilarious. The dirty looks from guzzling 'wine' in public is enough to make me try this out.

Just for scientific accuracy: dark bottles = warmer water!

(if exposed to sunlight)

Yea, dark colors absorb light and therefore heat. Why do you think solar panels are black and parking lot blacktops get so hot in the summer (except for where the lines are painted white)?

I use an old wine bottle to hold dish-washing soap. It's a reuse and can look really nice depending on the bottle.

I've been thinking about using old wine bottles as water carafes for our wedding, and putting one on each table. Any tips for getting them clean and not tasting like grapes? Would the sanitize cycle on the dishwasher work?

Wine bottles are one of the most re-used articles in our home from the bathroom (astringent, decoration), to soap dispensers, to flower vases on the whim.

besides wine bottles, it's possible to find bottled water in nice looking glass bottles with screw caps......they wash easily and there's never an issue of aftertaste.

Italian soda is often sold in bottles with screw caps so you can re-use them too. Just make sure you do a good job of washing the caps so as to avoid any hint of flavor

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Glass is a non-porous material, so as long as it's clean, it shouldn't absorb any smell or taste.

I bought a small glass bottle from Crate and Barrel to keep tap water cold in the fridge. I like it a lot, and it gets away from the waste of plastic bottled water. But why spend the money on new glass?

I just emptied out a bottle of Single Barrel Cruzan Rum. (Yes, it was the mojito thing again.) I then looked at the bottle. Tall, elegant, with a wooden topper attached to a cork. With some goo-be-gone, I can get the two bottom labels off, the seal, and the inner label at the top of the bottle. The name "Cruzan" is silk-screened on the bottle in black and gold, but I kind of like it. "Cruzan" is also pressed into the glass on two sides, with the date "1760" pressed at the top. When I get it stripped down, I can live with the ornamentation. It's a little tall for a water bottle, but it will be nice to save special tea to have over ice, or fruit-infused water.

If someone has a problem with the silk-screened gold and black logo, well, they can drink something else out of my fridge. I think it looks cool.

As to cleanliness of glass bottles, you can't ultimately do better than wash them out thoroughly with hot water and liquid soap. A few rinsings and there's not going to be any residue of taste. Get real; that's the beauty of glass. A skinny-necked bottle like this is sort of pointless to put in a dishwasher. If you can rinse it out really well and make sure you get all of the soap out, and then you want to run it through the dishwasher because the heat cycle will kill anything left, that's not the worst idea.

my grandmother used to do this after filtering the water and keep it in the fridge.
one day when i visited she accidently put wine in the coffee maker though.
ugh.

I do this for my bedside water. Because I can't have a glass of water by the bedside like normal people because my cat will compulsively knock it over at 4am...

I think I'd get some interesting looks if I used my old absinthe or vodka bottles.
Love my Klean Kanteen, but I think these will stay indoors- so long as I don't have the urge to go scare some tourists.

I have an italian soda bottle that I keep water in, in the fridge-it looks nice on the table too. It came with one of those clap closure doo-dads.

this isnt about water, but I re-use soy sauce bottles as olive oil/balsamic dispensers. The lids make for a great pour, and less drippage than many other olive-oil containers. I have always loved the yellow and red printed text on the glass too.

here are some thorough instructions on cleaning wine bottles (read first few steps): http://www.instructables.com/id/SPKU0D7FUI0SBM1/ href>

Yes margie I live with your cat's sister.Always at 3 or 4 am and always on my head and pillow