By Bloomberg Rankings and Nikhil Hutheesing -
2013-02-09T19:04:50Z
Photograph by Sigi Tischler/Keystone/Corbis
Wine's Enemy
Even the slightest trace of bacteria could make your wine taste like vinegar. Sterilize everything involved in the process -- from the barrels and containers to the bottles, siphons and tubes -- and scrub your hands.
$8: One Rubbermaid 18-gallon tub for sterilizing -- homedepot.com
$16: A 10" funnel with splashguard -- eckrause.com
$37: A complete brush set -- eckrause.com
$19: B-Brite Cleanser Sterilization chemicals (five pounds) -- corradosmarket.com
$2,537: Running Tally
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