BernardSmith
Senior Member
What's the current specific gravity? What was it three days ago? And have you tasted the wine? You say that nothing is happening. You might be right but generally speaking a great deal is happening that is not visible to you. For one thing yeast are incredibly house-proud and they clean up many of the compounds they produce as they ferment sugars that may adversely affect the flavor of a wine. And for another, if you are asking whether it is all still good, one really good way to check on that is to taste your wine. Of course, it will still be very "green" but you can taste off flavors and other problems and tasting wines from the moment you pitch the yeast to the moment you bottle is a very powerful way to learn more about the wine making process. You are not going to be drinking a glass of the wine for pleasure but you might want to taste a sip or two to check on its sweetness, its acidity, the tannins in it, whether the wine has flavors and aromas that indicate stressed yeast or other bacterial problems.