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That's what I did in the end just added the new yeast. It did seem to proceed as normal so I think it will be ok. Many thanks.

Dear both, thanks so much for your thoughts very much appreciated.

I just made a batch of 40 litres from our little vineyard here in France, red grapes, and didn't put enough campden in on the first night to kill off the wild yeast and fermentation started. Will that mean that it is oxidised? If I taste it will I be able to tell? Thanks!

stirring MLB and lees - can I just swirl? (I put this on an edit to my previous post, forgive me if it comes twice) I have read that I need to keep the lees and bacteria stirred up 1 - 2 times per week. Is it Ok to just swirl the carbouy and not take bubbler ff to keep the oxygen protection...

MLF started (I think!) I am sooo excited I can see very small bubbles! (Unless that is still carbon dioxide from the secondary that I have never noticed before because I only looked at the bubblers). In fact that was a puzzle. Before I racked off the gross lees prior to adding MLB they were...

thanks. Will it keep stored in a freezer until next year?

Hello lovely people, Amanda here again. This is a bit of a long story! I will keep as succinct as I can. In the UK access to wine making chemicals is only on a commercial scale. This year I wanted to try doing a Malolactic fermentation, so I bought Biostart Forte SK2. Thing is - the...

Thanks everybody! Stupid me with BRIX changing and alcohol, all thanks for that! I pressed the wine today and the sg was 1.005. Since I am trying MLB for the first time, and can't use SO2 to protect, I got scared and decided to rack into carbouys and put bubblers on. Will work out what to...

Thanks everybody! Stupid me with BRIX changing and alcohol, all thanks for that! I pressed the wine today and the sg was 1.005. Since I am trying MLB for the first time, and can't use SO2 to protect, I got scared and decided to rack into carbouys and put bubblers on. Will work out what to...

Hello everyone, I am a UK girl making wine in a very small family inherited vineyard only 100 vines in France. This is my third year, year 1 was a disaster, year 2 is drinkable and I am in the middle of year 3. This wine is for home consumption only. I hope you learned people will be...

Hello everyone, I am a UK girl making wine in a very small family inherited vineyard only 100 vines in France. This is my third year, year 1 was a disaster, year 2 is drinkable and I am in the middle of year 3. This wine is for home consumption only. I hope you learned people will be...