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Thanks guys for all your help. I appreciate it.

Wade would you wait till all small bubbles stop before racking. Its been 18 days now for the secondary fermentation. s.g. is 0.994. thanks.

I need some advice. I have a mm all juice merlot, on March 2, s.g. was1.024 so racked to carboy and air locked for secondary fermentation.The last three days,18,19,20. The s.g. has been 0.994 has not changed but I still have a lot of small bubbles,co2 coming to the surface. My concern is not...

Thanks I'll stick with the k-meta.

That sounds good I'll do it that way. Is it safe to bottle and cork the wine right after degassing or should I wait a day. Thanks for your help.

Can you use potassium sorbate or just the k-meta.

Thanks wade. Should I pour the k-meta into the wine or should I dissolve it in 50ml of cold water first. And when I mix-degas should I use the drill stir or just the spoon. Also one last question after the degassing is it safe to bottle or should I wait a day to let the wine settle down. Thank...

I need advice I have a Granbarolo bulk aging. In two months I plan on bottling. What is the best way to add the k-meta and should I degas the wine one last time and let it sit for a day before bottling the carboy is full. I don't want to mess up now. thank you for your help

Thank you wade and appleman for your help. everything seems fine now.

wade the temp of the juice was 68 degrees when I started on the evening of 2-27. The s.g. was 1.082. This morning 3-1 the s.g. 1.024 an the temp of juice is 73 degrees.So I would say it fermented 3 full days to reach the s.g. of 1.024.

Up date on MM all juice Granbarolo. I aged the Granbarolo in a six gal. Hungarian oak barrel for 2 months then transfered to a carboy and its been bulk aging for a month. I tasted it today and it was great medium bodied an had a smooth finish already, will let bulk age for 2 more months then...

Thanks appleman, what our your thoughts on the quick fermentation and not racking at the recommended 1.040-1.050 for the first racking do you think this will be a problem.

I have a question on fermentation. I just received a M-M 23L all juice merlot, with the new instructions. I started on 2-27, S.G. was 1.082, on 3-2 S.G. was 1.024 below the recommended 1.040-1.050 for the first racking. I racked to 23L clean carboy. The problem was I could not transfer all the...

Thanks smurfe I will verify the SG over the next 3 days before moving onto the next step. thank you.

I have a question on secondary fermentation. I started a MM all juice kit Dec.20 S.G. was 1.090. ON Dec.26 S.G. was 1.000 so racked wine to clean carboy installed air lock. On Jan.14 S.G. is 0.992 instructions say if hydrometer reads 0.995 or less move to next step. I still see small bubbles...