Updates... I can't seem to get the level of sparkle akin to champagne in the bottle... It's semi sparkling at best... Does the pressure come with time or did I do something wrong? The Chardonnay did not have any sorbate added to it ever and it did originally start re-fermenting in the bottle but...
The original planned recipe that i came up with was to make a sparkling chardonnay and use the strawberry wine to top up each bottle when removing the yeast so as to make a rose at the last possible second in the bottle. The problem I see that can arise is the inconsistency that can have with...
Potassium Sorbate and Metabisulfite. Its fully cleared and back sweetened with fresh strawberry juice. The chardonnay was filtered and not cleared with finings.
Hi everyone, First post here. I'm currently attempting a champagne styled rose wine but I have 2 choices in how i want to implement this. The combination is that of a chardonnay and a strawberry wine. I can either combine before attempting to sparkle or I can use the strawberry wine as my dosage...