Yes I racked into a plastic bucket for my secondary!! I'm not going to
dump another gallon of wine down the sink while degassing!! I racked at
SG 1.022 so there is plenty of CO2 still being made to protect my wine
from the air, after I stablize and fine I will rack to a glass carboy.
Waldo, I lost 1 gallon of my White Zinfandel down the sink using the
carboy, so I'm going back to the primary for the secondary, as soon as
I stablize and fine I'll rack it into the carboy and top up.
I bottled my first White Zinfandel last night, even though I lost a
gallon down the sink and topped up with a gallon of water, it still
tastes OK to me, I gave a bottle to my bottle lady today for her to
sample.
I can't find POLLY!!...but I'm still looking, I hope I didn't have too
much Heif Weizen and used her in the woodstove for extra heat..lol
That picture is Martha's Vineyard, Massachusettes, my brother took me
out there fishing last fall, we came around the corner and hit the
ocean rollers (waves) and I felt sick, we didn't stay long and came
back in, I'll just stay in the sound from now on!!
Polly's gone missing, huh? I'd suspect bottle lady. You gave her a bottle of
WHITE ZINFANDEL! We all know how good that can be. She's probably
holding Polly ransom for several cases of the stuff. Do whatever she
wants Frank