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When degassing I start with a paddle on my electric drill, being careful not to introduce air into the wine. Then I use a vacuvin and that works quite well. On the last batch I did, while I had the vacuvin in place and much vacuum on the carboy I rocked the carboy back and forth gently. It...

I started making wine last spring with the first being a California Trinity bottled May 10, 2011. I have 150 bottles of reds up with agiing from 3 months to 6 months. As I sample each one I note a subtle taste that reminds me of the bentonite clay packet that you put in each batch. Is this...