Removing Wine Labels for Collection

[mrdutton]

I haven't tried the label-off gizmos, but as I understand it they are sheets of plastic with glue on one side. You put the glue agains the face of the wine bottle label and then pull. The glue removes the "face" of the label but not the entire thing.

I fill my kitchen sink with hot water and then fill each wine bottle with hot water and then allow them to soak. Some labels are inclined to come off immediately, others take a while. For the really stubborn labels that don't seem to want to come off at all, I use a single edged razor blade in a scraper handle (like the scrapers used to clean stuff off of glass) and I carefully scrape off the label. Just don't slip!