MedPretzel
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Hello everyone!
I have a pretty dumb question, but it's the result of some bad mishaps, and maybe I'm just missing the point of something crucial.
My problem: Every now and then, a cork of my wines pops. Now, this isn't right after I bottle. This is my procedure: I filter. I wait 4 weeks (okay, okay... I wait3 weeks.... okay, okay.... I wait 2.5 weeks, but sometimes 4...
). I bottle. I let the bottles stand upright for about 2 weeks. I put the plastic thingamabobbies on and put them in my wine-rack.
Once, about 4 months after I did the procedure I mentioned above, one cork popped right out of the bottle, and ended up about 20 feet away. Wine everywhere. I bottled about 2 gallons of this wine, and only one bottle did this.
Then, another wine did the same after about 3 weeks of being in the bottle (1 week on it's side). I bottled about 3-gallons of this wine, and only one bottle did this.
So, my question is: Why?!? Why only one bottle of about 10 or 15? Could it be the degassing? When I degas, I don't get the tons of foam that people are talking about. I use the "wine-whip" to degas. In conjunction, Ialso use the vacu-vin to degas my bigger batches (5 and 6 gallons)...
Any help is appreciated!
Martina
I have a pretty dumb question, but it's the result of some bad mishaps, and maybe I'm just missing the point of something crucial.
My problem: Every now and then, a cork of my wines pops. Now, this isn't right after I bottle. This is my procedure: I filter. I wait 4 weeks (okay, okay... I wait3 weeks.... okay, okay.... I wait 2.5 weeks, but sometimes 4...
Once, about 4 months after I did the procedure I mentioned above, one cork popped right out of the bottle, and ended up about 20 feet away. Wine everywhere. I bottled about 2 gallons of this wine, and only one bottle did this.
Then, another wine did the same after about 3 weeks of being in the bottle (1 week on it's side). I bottled about 3-gallons of this wine, and only one bottle did this.
So, my question is: Why?!? Why only one bottle of about 10 or 15? Could it be the degassing? When I degas, I don't get the tons of foam that people are talking about. I use the "wine-whip" to degas. In conjunction, Ialso use the vacu-vin to degas my bigger batches (5 and 6 gallons)...
Any help is appreciated!
Martina