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I use the Vinbrite filter on every batch. I have only had one torn pad. I find that the receiving carboy rapidly fills with CO2 (even a well degassed wine has a little residual), which is heavier than air and provides a protective blanket. I have not seen any sign of oxidation using the filter...

I would treat it with K-meta and K- sorbate at the rate of 1 gram each per gallon.

Just make sure the peach nectar doesn't have any preservatives like K-sorbate in it.

Anything is possible in the land of the alpha, beta and gamma particles.

The threaded stop can move as you cork. Get the corker adjusted to the right spot then put a dab of silicone on the top of the stop where it meets the threads. That will hold it in place.

I lay mine on the rack as soon as they are corked, capsuled, and labeled. Never had a leaker.

Best light for the Accuvin tests is a 60 watt incandescent light bulb. When George first started carrying these kits I tested them in full sun, cloudy sun, flourescent light, incandescent light, and photoflood light. Incandescent bulbs gave the best color match.

Not familiar with this. I use a vacuum pump (medical aspirator) for both degassing and vacuum racking. 6 gallon carboys full of wine are just too heavy for me anymore.

Outside Memphis. I use an interior hallway that stays about 72F year round.

Since I do most of my wine work on the weekends I go 14 days in the primary. When I transfer to glass I add the sulfite, and at that point I consider myself in bulk aging. I rack off the lees after a month. I often don't use the clarifiers, because I usually leave the wine in bulk aging for 9...

Cindy, Not aware of any muscat kits, but you could rename the cat Malbec.

Well, tell him it cost a friend of a friend of yours his life in two months. Fred perforated and when they opened him up they drained over a gallon of stomach acid out of his gut cavity. The damage was too great and he died about 36 hours later. I'm very upset that I lost a friend because...

Don't let those stomach problems go untreated. I spent Friday night and Saturday afternoon at the visitation/funeral of a friend who had stomach problems for the last couple of months. He just tried to fight through it without seeing a doctor. Last Monday he perforated an ulcer and died...

Small cylinders are available at welding supply houses.

Not one home winemaker in a hundred has the wherewithall to take a room or closet, insulate it walls floor and ceiling to R-50, and install an AC unit to cool it. That should not discourage us from making wine. I have yet to be in a wine shop that is kept at 55 to 58F. My wines are...

My kitchen scale is only accurate to 0.5g. I could use my reloading powder scale, measuring out 771gr. It is accurate to 0.1gr. That, however, is way too much like work.

Many of us are stuck storing wine at room temp. It is not ideal, but you have to work with what you have.

3 Tb. I may be be a chemist, but I am also a cook!

Take a whiff of the bottle when you open it. If it knocks you on your a** it is still good. Mine lasts several months in a sealed jug.

If you really get into this hobby you will probably eventually buy a vacuum pump for racking. Many of us have. You can vacuum rackFROM a Better Bottle, but not TO a BB. You can only vacuum rack to glass.