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Thanks. I stood there for awhile and did some smaller bubble and the airlock working so I guess MLF is happening.

Finish primary fermentation. I added in malotactic bacteria from Malolactic Cultures for Home Enthusiasts | Wyeast Laboratories I don't notice any bubbles like during the primary fermentation. Is this right? In either case I'm probably going to leave it alone for 3 months before racking it...

Thanks for the feedback @Rice_Guy and @winemaker81 . I have a bucket of 6Gallon and a 5 gallon of cab grapes in primary fermentation. Was worried for the first day or so since I didn't see any activity. Yeast wise, I'm using RP-15 Rockpile and BM45 in the other bucket. As for malo-lactic...

Got some Cabernet Sauvignon in the back yard so want to make some wine. Basically going to follow this video () and mix of reading guides I found on internet High level instructions seems to be 1) Crush grapes in fermentation bucket and add potassium metabisulfite to stop oxidation 2)...