Pros: simple logistics, from my point of view. I make about 25 gallons of wine in a season; work and home life mean I simply wouldn't have time to bottle them all promptly, even if I wanted to, nor do I want to collect and wash all those bottles at once...
As it is, I can collect wine bottles from my friends, wash 2 or 3 a night with the regular washing-up, plug them with a roll of kitchen towel, and store them till I feel like bottling. That way, it doesn't become a chore. Once in a while through the winter, I do some racking, if I can be bothered. Then I start bottling about March, and use up as many bottles as I've got clean. Drink a few bottles and re-wash them, collect more from my chums, and do another couple of demi-johns. In a couple of weeks time, I'll bottle the last of the damson that I made last August, and it'll be time to start all over again.
Cons, I really can't think of any.
Works for me...
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