Glass carboy with Spigot

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dang steve you might be a wine hoarder...lol
vacuum degassing and bottle filling, racking is the way to go.
im to old to be lifting 6 gallon carboys filled...lol
 
I fit my bottling wand on the end of my racking cane. If I'm home alone it's a little tricky to push it into the bottle to get the siphon going, but once you have it going it's no different to using the bucket when I do beer. I just have a plastic bin on the floor with all my bottles, and I use the wand and fill from bottle to bottle. Quick and easy, and it stops at the right place/time for the wine level with the wand on it.

My "home alone" solution... Fold a piece of cardboard [maybe even some paper towel?] to use as a wedge. Push the wand down into the bottle so that the valve is open and wedge it in that position using the piece of cardboard. Start your wine flowing, remove the wedge and proceed with bottling as you would normally. Has worked for me every time without issue.
 

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