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Ok I've bottled all of them but I have one bottle that is half full. I already corked it. What's the chances of it going back due to the amount of air that is left in the bottle.?

What do you use to sanitize? Quick spray? Quick dunk in a solution?

Is there a reason why not to soak the corks? Also margarine as in butter? So you put the corks in butter or are u saying thats what you use for a container? To Sanitize can I use k-meta?

Hi guys I have a grand cru cab thats bitting sitting in my glass carboy ready to be bottled. This will be my first time bottling. I heard that you should add something to the carboy before bottling. Was it potasium metabisulfite? If so how much? And should I stir it in? Also should I soak the...

what if I bottle it and plan to have a couple bottles aged for couple years? do i still not add anything or add it?

I don't mind leaving it in the Carboy for aging but I don't have any test kits to check it a long the way.... Am I better off bottling it and aging it like that?

The wine kit is Grand Cru Cab Suav. I started this kit on 1/17/12, then on 1/28/12 racked it into a glass carboy, degassed, added everything that was needed according to the kit. 2/9 I re racked it off the sediments and topped off., 3/10 re re racked it one more time and topped off. It is...

So I have asked this question before but havent gotten an answer yet. I have a cab sauv wine kit. It has aged for almost 3 months in a glass carboy. The instructions said bottle it when it finished clearing. Should I bottle as is right now or should I wait a while and leave it in the car boy...

So how long do you think I should keep it in the carboy without testing the SO2? Also when I add 1/4 every 4 months should I stir it? Also right before bottling it should I add 1/4 again or no?

The kit said to bottle it once finished racking it to clear. But I dont have enough bottles yet. So I wanted just to age it in the carboy

So I have a cab sauv wine kit aging. How often should I add sulphite to it? When adding should I stir it? Any tips will help!

yes I did, sorry i forgot to mention this

ok should I add it now and do it every two months or should I wait two months from now and do it? When adding it, do I need to stir it?

do I add any sulfite or anything..?

So i started a cab wine kit January 17th. On January 28th it reached .996 and I racked it into a carboy added sulfite, sorbate, kieselsol and chitosan and i topped it off. I racked it again February 9th to get the sediments out and i topped it off. I racked it another time march 10 and there was...