Inserting the corks

OK. I've got the corks in - but they're all squashed. I should'a read this article on how to prepare the corks first...

Still, the wine is bottled and ready to drink. Or keep. Or both. I'm a bit disappointed I only got four and a half bottles filled, though. The kit said six.

Final bits of kit

I've avoided buying bottles and am (re)using empties I've collected. So the only piece of equipment I've added is:

• cork inserter (£11.99)

Time to bottle the wine

It's time to bottle the wine. It's brewed and has been standing to clear having added the finings (as per kit instructions). So I'm soaking the labels off some bottles I've between saving up. (It was a hard job having to drink all that wine to get some empties.)

Next, I'm going to play at siphoning...