Fruitwine22
Junior
When your first wine batch is ready, it’s an exciting moment, one that I remember very fondly. I unfortunately had one batch too many spoil because I didn’t plan the storage of my wines very well. A quick rule of thumb I go by is that after the wine clears I add a small amount of meta sulphate (1/2 tsp gal) to preserve it. And I plan (6) 750ml empty bottles (sanitized) per gallon made. Hand corkers can be purchased for under $20 USD and I prefer a #9 cork to seal completely Without sulphate wine life will be very short. When corking a bottle set in bottom of sink in case it tips. Corking is easy once you cork one or two bottles ![Beaming face with smiling eyes :grin: 😁](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f601.png)
Also, have masking tape close by to write what it is. I’ve sampled my wine and forgotten this step. Accidentally opening pepper wine thinking it’s peach.
![Beaming face with smiling eyes :grin: 😁](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f601.png)
Also, have masking tape close by to write what it is. I’ve sampled my wine and forgotten this step. Accidentally opening pepper wine thinking it’s peach.