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No need to rinse. I use the bottling tree so the bottles are able to drip out any excess while I am working on the other bottles or filling them.

I use both. I like the carboy drainer because the carboy is sitting upside down while I do additional tasks and thus decrease any chance of contamination. Plus I know where the carboy is and don't accidentally knock it over. The bottle tree I got for beer but have used it with wine bottles...

If my father was here I would get him to show how to say "Merry Christmas" in dutch. Maybe Sunday If i remember with all the family coming in. To all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New year. And don't forget to enjoy some of your wines over the holidays. Wish i could, but next year I...

I see your point and have thought of that too. In beer making I just let CO2 under low flow to "air out" the carboy to replace air with CO2 so when racking to the carboy i don't have to worry much about splashing ie introducing O2 into the beer. Was thinking that the CO2 blanket above the wine...

Carboys??? I am also looking into wine making after getting comfortable with beer making. One store informed me that i would need 6 gal carboys and not to use the 6.5 gal carboys because too much head space for the wine and O2. Since I have kegs and CO2 could I not just fill my 6.5 gal...