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My wine has completed MLF, been racked, sulfite at a rate of 50ppm, and a solid bung to keep the air out. A couple of questions: 1) Figuring that glass doesn't breathe, will I need to sulfite again between now and bottling? 2) I racked at end of primary and secondary fermentations; do I need...

Apologies to Lynard Skynard. Caught a subtle wiff of H2S in my fermented/MLF-completed wine. Subtle, but it's there. Need suggestion(s) for next steps, from simple to more aggressive remediation. I have yet to rack the wine post-MLF. I had a surgery that prohibits me from lifting my carboys...

I'm reading conflicting information about the timing of the first racking. Some say after completion of primary fermentation, 4 days or so after pressing. Others say let the wine stay on the gross lees during MLF with bi-monthly stirrings, racking after 8 or so months, that there are beneficial...

I'm reading conflicting information about the timing of the first racking. Some say after completion of primary fermentation, 4 days or so after pressing. Others say let the wine stay on the gross lees during MLF with bi-monthly stirrings, racking after 8 or so months, that there are beneficial...

I have a number of 5-gallon carboys that I dosed with SO2 four months ago. I'd like to add some oak staves that I removed earlier and then continue to age for another 8-12 months. Question is, should I re-dose with SO2 (1gram 10% solution?) before replacing the solid bung? Second question would...

I have glass carboys of both Syrah and Barbera. In past years I've used light-toasted staves, one per carboy, for the 10 months (or so) aging period. This year I went with two medium-toasted staves in each varietal. What are your opinions about the quantity, the toast, and how long the staves...

New poster here. Be gentle. My Syrah juice post-crush had a pH of 3.28. My wine after primary and secondary fermentation is now 3.8. Can MLF change pH that drastically? Could taking the completed MLF wine into cold garage affect pH like this? Can my Hanna pHep tester be that far off from the lab...