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Went to bottle our 15 month carboy aged Syrah and noticed a few "bubbles"...I shook the carboy vigorsly for a moment and this was the result?!? Mind you, this was degassed with drill mounted wand, and vacuum racked at least 5 times...is this still co2?

First off, a huge thank you to everyone on this site for all the tips, tricks, advice, articles & etc! It is because of what we've read here that we had the confidence to even try this! And in usual form for us, we jumped head first into wine-making. So today we bottled the very first kit...

So when the wife and I decided that we wanted to try our hand at making some wine...we didn't know how quickly we'd jump right in. We visited George at FVW and we concluded that if we were going to make wine that we'd enjoy drinking, that we should make the best kit we could afford....time and...

So my very first kit (CC Syrah) that I started on Jan 3rd is done clarifying (clearing)...at least by the directions guidelines anyhow & it appears quite "clear". I am planning on racking again tomorrow into a carboy and allowing it to bulk age for 3 or 4 months...is it necessary to add...

The reason I ask, I recently purchased an allinonewine pump and was wanting to test it out using water before running my wine thru it. Anyhow, I only have one orange carboy cap & for the life of me, couldn't get a good seal on the tubing and I could hear air coming from around the outer edge as...

After 7 days in primary, I racked my CC Amarone kit into a carboy this morning (SG - .990) ...the lesson learned, never, ever again will I add the grape pack directly into the must! It was huge pain in the ___ to transfer! So, I just went to check on things, I have noticed that there were...

I just moved my first kit into the clearing phase, a CC Syrah (looking mighty fine btw)...anyhow my wife surprised me yesterday with two more carboys and a CC Amarone kit! Seriously, I have no idea if the wine I'm making is worth a dang but I'm full-fledge addicted to home winemaking! I can't...

I have a Syrah that just completed secondary ferment in a carboy...but I have to leave town for four days...do you think it's ok to sit idle without racking or adding sorbate till then? My plan was to rack into a clean carboy before clearing & degassing but I'm not quite sure if it'll be ok for...

I'm an idiot :slp Since the SG had reached just below 1.000 in only 7 days, and I knew that I was gonna be away for a few days...I decided to go ahead and transfer to the carboy for secondary fermentation. Prepped all the equipment and was ready to go...i was so proud that I was doing this...

After reading & reading, I felt confident enough to give it a shot! Went today and picked-up a beginner's equipment package & my first kit, CC Showcase, Syrah. Everything went pretty well, just hoping that I did enough cleaning & sanitizing...paranoid that it all isn't clean enough. Anyhow...