I posted about this a long time ago and haven't yet found a link to it.

Unless they've recently changed their labeling, they can easily be taken off in one piece with nearly no residues. The adhesive is heat activated.

To avoid shattering, condition the bottle by filling it with the hottest tap water available. Since you'll probably be sitting the bottles in the sink in batches, be sure to heat condition the sink too so the bottom of the bottle doesn't shatter. After a few minutes, pour this out and replace it with water just off a rolling boil. Let sit for about 2 minutes. Empty bottle and grasp tightly using an oven mit, or preferably silicone pot holder, etc, find the seam of the label and get your thumbnail under it and start cleanly lifting it. Once you get it started you should be able to smoothly pull off the entire label quickly, in one piece pulling flatly from top to bottom edges, rolling the bottle while you pull. For any small bits of adhesive, quickly make smalls dab with a small area of the removed label. This has to be done within moments of removing the label, before the adhesive or bottle cools. Otherwise it just makes a big mess. You can always try to do this after reheating the bottle or even while it's still full of boiling water.

It takes some patience and a bit of practice but it's not difficult to master.

HAve the SAME prioblem:)) my steps were also same, thanks for posting, will try hot water.GL

I take off the label as best I can, than I let mine sit in water for about a day to two days. Sometimes I use dish soap to loosen the glue.