No, don't bottle cloudy wine.
We need more info, probably. There are a few different options for clarifying the wine that may be appropriate at this stage.
Can you tell us what kind of wine it is? Do you have a specific gravity reading?
1.010 certainly is not low after a month. It will still be cloudy because it is not done fermenting and the gasses in it keep the solids suspended. The temperature may have gotten too low for it to actively ferment. Try and move it to a warmer room- 68 to 70 would be best. Adding a small amount (1/2 dose) of yeast nutrient or energizer could help it finish up also. Give it a stir to get more yeast cells suspended. Also the type yeast used could influence it. A good wine yeast will ferment the wine dry at that SG, but if you used bread yeast or a wild yeast, it may not go lower. If that is the case add a good winemaking yeast that is strong such as EC-1118. Once it get dry ( around 0.092) it should begin to clear on it's own.
There are many people here with more experience than me but I have made a lot of batches of wine with a lot of help from this forum and my own research. I think you are stressing way to much. Relax and wait. This is going to take several more months and I suspect all is going to be fine. You made some errors but I doubt you ruined your wine. When it clears some and there is sediment on the bottom just rack it into another sanitized carboy and wait some more. It will most likely clear nicely. I suspect the SG will lower and all will be fine. You are learning as we all did in our beginnings. Let us know how things progress.
Fermenting is fun!
Thank you for this info. Yes, I did use bread yeast. I read on-line somewhere you can use it, but someone else told me it was wrong, but to keep on going if it tasted fine. If it is fine to add yeast at this stage, I think I will add some wine making yeast now.
I guess I really don't understand this thing about the specific gravity and the
percent of alcohol it is supposed to give. According to the chart that came with the meter, I should have 10.5 at the beginning. Now it's much lower(or higher, whatever). Why does it change like that?
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