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Hello,
I'm making my first homemade wine kit and I got some conflicting information about the degassing process. One person said I did't have to rack the wine from the secondary fermentor and I could just degas after the specific gravity was under 1.00 and still in the carboy. The other person said I must rack from secondary fermentor to another carboy and then degas. I ended up following the first person's information and degassed without racking a second time. Also, I added potassium metabisulphite and potassium sorbate before degassing. My question pertains to sediments being mixed in while degassing. Have I ruined my wine since I didn't rack it a second time before degassing? Have all the sediments been mixed back in and will this affect the taste? Should I rack it once degassing is finished?
Thanks,
pennsylvania winemaker
I'm making my first homemade wine kit and I got some conflicting information about the degassing process. One person said I did't have to rack the wine from the secondary fermentor and I could just degas after the specific gravity was under 1.00 and still in the carboy. The other person said I must rack from secondary fermentor to another carboy and then degas. I ended up following the first person's information and degassed without racking a second time. Also, I added potassium metabisulphite and potassium sorbate before degassing. My question pertains to sediments being mixed in while degassing. Have I ruined my wine since I didn't rack it a second time before degassing? Have all the sediments been mixed back in and will this affect the taste? Should I rack it once degassing is finished?
Thanks,
pennsylvania winemaker