Ever since I have been thinking about a sparkling wine, I have been collecting champaign bottles, but all I have collected are green ones...... No clear ones. So my wife and I are at the store the other day and I find a Brut, Freixenet, Ros'e type sparkling wine. It was excellent (in the hot tub), so we decided that this is what we want, soft, fruitful and an easy drinker. OH Yea........ it came in the clear bottle that I needed, so I now have one.
We were thinking of turning the Watermelon Merlot into a sparkling wine.
I have fermented the White Merlot, and tonight I racked it and just added the clearing agent, nothing else, just the clearing agent.
I'm thinking, when this clears, but it in a primary and add 1/2 to 2/3 of the F pack (which is rather large with this kit), add a packet of yeast and put in champaign bottles. Put the remainder of the f pack in the fridge.
After a few months, and I finish and disgorge the wine (now sparkling, Sweeten back with the remaining F Pack.
Question: When I add the remaining F Pack to help sweeten back, do I add the Sorbate and sulfite? Im thinking it would get added to the F Pack and added to each bottle.
Then Age for 6 months............. well....... OK.. 6 weeks.
Edited by: jobe05
We were thinking of turning the Watermelon Merlot into a sparkling wine.
I have fermented the White Merlot, and tonight I racked it and just added the clearing agent, nothing else, just the clearing agent.
I'm thinking, when this clears, but it in a primary and add 1/2 to 2/3 of the F pack (which is rather large with this kit), add a packet of yeast and put in champaign bottles. Put the remainder of the f pack in the fridge.
After a few months, and I finish and disgorge the wine (now sparkling, Sweeten back with the remaining F Pack.
Question: When I add the remaining F Pack to help sweeten back, do I add the Sorbate and sulfite? Im thinking it would get added to the F Pack and added to each bottle.
Then Age for 6 months............. well....... OK.. 6 weeks.
Edited by: jobe05