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Any suggestions on how to rack red wine from a 53 gallon barrel. ? I have only one barrel and don't want to expose to much air to it.. People are telling me to siphon the wine into my fermentation bucket.. clean my barrel and siphon back into the barrel .. thoughts?

So I'm making a red wine blend.. I followed all the steps and levels with the hydrometer. I crushed on Oct 9th... and pressed the grapes on Oct 19.. and put the juice inside a barrel... So its been sitting for 2 months... I plan on doing my first rack in the next few days. Was I suppose to...

Hey, need some advice im done with primary.. went natural and didnt use any yeast I currently have 2 5 gallon carboys and 2 54L demijohns with air locks filled with sangiovese grapes they are currently in second stage.. the 5 gallon carboy dont seem to be bubbling anymore seem to look...

Currently i have my grapes sitting in a 500 liter red vat... we used 13 cases of sangiovese grapes... I purchased a hydrometer, but not sure what im looking for... The must has been sitting for 5 days now and when we tested it on the 5th day the readings were.... If i did it correct We only...

so im about done fermenting in my 500L bucket... i need to press and move the must to the demijohns now. Should i siphon the juice under the must right into the demijohn or should i siphons the juice into 5 gallons food grade buckets then funnel or siphon it out the 5 gallon buckets to the...