Hi Tom S,
See that you are making some Concord. I have 13 gallons of Concord, but I am not sure when I should filter and bottle it. It's been in the carboys since late September. It has been racked four times since and has been sweetened to 1.012. Would it hurt to bottle it in the near future?
Yeah, being real new at this wine making thing, I thought that I would scale back to one gallon batches after making the 13 gallons of Concord. Last December I started my wine making with a kit, but this fall I wanted to try and start with the grapes. Concord got messed up along the way, but might be OK now...long story...learn from your mistakes. Being a little gun shy from the Concord, I thought that I would try one gallon of strawberry. It's easier to throw out one gallon of juice if it doesn't turn out, but the mess that it makes is about the same.
I need to get back and rack my strawberry. Too much going on and the wine got pushed to the back burner. I need to go back to work, so that I can have some free time.