I bottled my first wine, Winexpert Selection Merlot.
One of the minor mistakes I made along the way was to leave too much headspace in some of the bottles. In some bottles, it is as much as 3 inches of space between the bottom of the cork and the top of the wine.
In manybottles I only left an inch of space though. I learned a lesson and the next batch, I'll be much more careful when filling.
At any rate, since some of these bottles are now more prone to oxidation, does it make sense to drink them sooner? Or will it not affect the taste much? Just curious if anyone has ever left this much space accidentally and still turned out a decent wine.
Edited by: Trubador
One of the minor mistakes I made along the way was to leave too much headspace in some of the bottles. In some bottles, it is as much as 3 inches of space between the bottom of the cork and the top of the wine.
In manybottles I only left an inch of space though. I learned a lesson and the next batch, I'll be much more careful when filling.
At any rate, since some of these bottles are now more prone to oxidation, does it make sense to drink them sooner? Or will it not affect the taste much? Just curious if anyone has ever left this much space accidentally and still turned out a decent wine.
Edited by: Trubador