Filtering wine

[Teamsterjohn]

Hi Guys, I want to filter one of my wines in a 6 gallon carboy. How long can I wait before I bottle it? Does it have to be bottled that day? Thanks

 

[winemaker_3352]

Nah - i usually wait 3-4 days after filtering.

 

[djrockinsteve]

You don't want to filter any wines before they have cleared though as you'll clog your filters. FYI

 

[Runningwolf]

When I am ready to filter my wine has been racked off of all sediment. I usaully like to try an filter 2-4 carboys at a time. As far as waiting to bottle, I filter and bottle as one step. Steve is correct about filtering clear wines but in a few rare cases a wine just won't clear and a filter will do it wonders.

 

[cpfan]

I have filtered and bottled the same day. That's the way I started out in the hobby.

When I ran the Ferment on Premises, I usually filtered a bunch of wine one day, and then that wine got bottled over the next week or so (or later if it was mine).

These days I'm more likely to age for a long time, and bottle without filtering.

I'm really not noticing much difference (in the wine) between the three approaches.

Steve

 

[NSwiner]

Hi Guys, I want to filter one of my wines in a 6 gallon carboy. How long can I wait before I bottle it? Does it have to be bottled that day? Thanks

So to answer your questions you can wait as long as you need to before bottling and no it doesn't have to be bottled that day . You will find for one topic there will be many ways people do things on here , none are right or wrong just whatever works for that person . So say you want to filter your wine on 1 day you have off and have to wait a week on your next day off to bottle it then don't worry just put your airlock back in and don't worry .

Myself i like to bottle the same day so it can get over the bottle shock sooner & I can do some serious sampling . But when i did 3 full batches in one day I couldn't get them all bottled and had to wait a couple days to bottle no big deal .

 

[Teamsterjohn]

Great, Thanks guys, all the answers where very helpful.

 

[Wade E]

Im with cpfan on this, if you age it long enough it will not need filtering if making from kits. If making from grapes you are either going to have to extend that aging time even more or filter as Ive seen many a wines that were bulk aged 1 year stain the glass really bad. I think its more of color destabilization then sediemnt though and Scotts Labs has a product or 2 designed just for this.

 

[Lurker]

I've been filtering for over a year now and I never bottle on the same day that I filter. I don't do it because when I'm done filtering, I don't feel like it or I'm too damn tired. I don't think it matters either way.

 

[Teamsterjohn]

Thanks again, John

 

[winemaker_3352]

When I am ready to filter my wine has been racked off of all sediment. I usaully like to try an filter 2-4 carboys at a time. As far as waiting to bottle, I filter and bottle as one step. Steve is correct about filtering clear wines but in a few rare cases a wine just won't clear and a filter will do it wonders.

When you filter and bottle at the same time - do you have it setup as one apparatus? Do you have it filter the wine into bottles - or into a vessel and then bottle?

 

[robie]

With most home setups, the flow of wine out of the filter is slow and sometimes inconsistent, so it is hard to try to bottle right out of the filter. That's why it is best to do it in two steps.

 

[Runningwolf]

When you filter and bottle at the same time - do you have it setup as one apparatus? Do you have it filter the wine into bottles - or into a vessel and then bottle?

Yes I filter and bottle at the same time...

 

[winemaker_3352]

ahh - you have an inline filter to your enolmatic bottle filler.

I have the buon vino filter - so i don't think i can accomplish the same thing.

 

[mmadmikes1]

I have changed my filtering this year. I no longer filter any of the mild tasting wines, like strawberry, pear, or plum. I have never bottled atr same time because when I bought the filter the directions said not to. That is my only reason

 

[winemaker_3352]

I have changed my filtering this year. I no longer filter any of the mild tasting wines, like strawberry, pear, or plum. I have never bottled atr same time because when I bought the filter the directions said not to. That is my only reason

Yeah i never have bottled at the same time either - and since my buon vino minijet is not designed for this - i probably won't bottle and filter at the same time either.

The only thing i thought of was maybe attaching one of those bottle filler wands to the outlet hose and using that to fill the bottles.

 

[Dugger]

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The only thing i thought of was maybe attaching one of those bottle filler wands to the outlet hose and using that to fill the bottles.

This is what I have done many times, except I use a Eurofilter ( round one that uses a small aquarium pump) and this procedure works just fine. More often than not I will now wait until I have 2 or 3 wines to filter and then do them all at once - saves set up. cleaning, etc. Then I can bottle at any time without the hastle of setting up the filter.

 

[robie]

Yep, I forgot Runningwolf has such a great setup. That's what you will need to filter and bottle in one step. Many of us don't have that nice a setup.

As Runningwolf and I were discussing earlier, in the long run, if you are going to continue making wine, it is well worth the investment he has made.

Maybe someday...

 

[robie]

Runningwolf,
Where do did you buy that in-line filter housing and where do you get the filters?
How fine a filter can you get for that housing?