All right, judgement day. I cleaned, sanitized, sterilized, racked, sulfitized(maybe not a word but it works), sulfated the bottles and got ready for the momentus occasion of bottling my first kit.
Then with great precision I drug the racking tube across the lees in the carboy and gave myself a primary fermenter full of "muddy bottom."
George, I asked, What to do?? To make a long story short, the wine would not clear in the primary so I racked back to a carboy and will wait a few days for it to clear. I had lost some wine so I tried to top off with what I had in the house. A bottle of 2003 Smokin Loon Shiraz and a bottle of 04 Yellow Tail Shiraz. So now I have a Bergamis/shiraz mix.
George did not recommend topping off with Shiraz. That was my own brilliant newbie idea. I have to admit, the wine tasted fantastic right out of the carboy. But I am such a type A I couldn't bottle a cloudy wine.
It wasn't successful the first time but I had a blast.
earl
Then with great precision I drug the racking tube across the lees in the carboy and gave myself a primary fermenter full of "muddy bottom."
George, I asked, What to do?? To make a long story short, the wine would not clear in the primary so I racked back to a carboy and will wait a few days for it to clear. I had lost some wine so I tried to top off with what I had in the house. A bottle of 2003 Smokin Loon Shiraz and a bottle of 04 Yellow Tail Shiraz. So now I have a Bergamis/shiraz mix.
George did not recommend topping off with Shiraz. That was my own brilliant newbie idea. I have to admit, the wine tasted fantastic right out of the carboy. But I am such a type A I couldn't bottle a cloudy wine.
It wasn't successful the first time but I had a blast.
earl