Looking for verification of my reasoning regarding the bottling process.
I am thinking I can do the following in order to extend the process over a 2 day period.
First Day: Use the vinator to sanitize all the bottles with k-meta. Then, instead of draining on the bottle tree, put a piece of aluminum foil over the top of the bottle and put in box right side up. Do this for all 30 bottles.
Second Day: transfer bottles to bottle tree to drain. Meanwhile, rack wine to bottling bucket and then bottle as usual.
Most of the work is happening on the second day, but by sanitizing on the first day, it cuts short the amount of free time needed by a little bit each day. The main question is whether my method above would keep the bottles sanitized properly until the second day.
I am thinking I can do the following in order to extend the process over a 2 day period.
First Day: Use the vinator to sanitize all the bottles with k-meta. Then, instead of draining on the bottle tree, put a piece of aluminum foil over the top of the bottle and put in box right side up. Do this for all 30 bottles.
Second Day: transfer bottles to bottle tree to drain. Meanwhile, rack wine to bottling bucket and then bottle as usual.
Most of the work is happening on the second day, but by sanitizing on the first day, it cuts short the amount of free time needed by a little bit each day. The main question is whether my method above would keep the bottles sanitized properly until the second day.