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Hello all - I have some cab franc from grapes that is going through malolactic fermentation right now. I know the rule is not to add potassium sorbate to the wine since it might result in a rotten geranium smell. I would like to blend some of the cab franc when the malo is complete. The only...

Need a little help. I received 6 gal juice bucket from Calif on 10/2 only sulfited. Started primary on 10/2 and introduced malo on 10/7 after primary completed. Readings at beginning of malo - 70F, 0 brix, 8.5 TA, 3.6 pH, approx 160 mg/L mallic, approx 4 ppm SO2. Malo started slowly although...

I have been working on a Winexpert Lodi Cabernet kit. I have done 14 kits before with few issues degassing. I spent 1 hour with this Cab kit using a drill stirrer and a gas-getter, and I still do not think I got it all. Can I degass again later, say after racking, or after filtering and right...

I am definitely a newbie and have just moved my second wine kit over to the carboy. I have the traditional primary fermenting bucket, and have tried to wash it out thoroughly with One Step, followed by sterilizing with potassium metabisulphite solution. After drying, the bucket still gives off a...