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Make up a wine bottle full of sterilising solution. Syphon into another wine bottle on the same level. Levels equalise. Syphon tube remains full of sterilising solution. Occasionally move one of the bottles up and then back down beforeit empties to refresh the solution in the tube. Lovely. Vin

Easy solution: Cancel the wedding.

I work with DI water daily. There is a great deal of misinformation about. Deionised water is indeed a solvent but, while it's corrosive to copper, it isn't harmful to an iron which isn't made of copper. (DI water contains dissolved CO2 so is actually carbonic acid - this reacts with copper to...

As a "yeast starter" bore, I like this. If you fire up a starter before adding yeast to wine, you're giving it the best possible start. The number of yeast cells doubles every two hours if they are looked after properly. So, if you set off with an out of date yeast where even 99% of it has...

I very nearly peed myself laughing at that. Priceless!

If it isn't going, don't just throw another yeast sachet in, make a starter: http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/yeast.asp Bottom third of the page. It's always worked for me and I do it every brew. I add a teaspoonful of sugar to the water I use to hydrate the yeast but otherwise follow his...

This advice comes from memory from a book read a minimum of thirty years ago. Rather than throwing yeast into a wine that doesn't want to go, you need to add the wine to the yeast. Start with about 250ml (you can avoirdupoisise these instructions if you wish) of water with a teaspoonful of...

There's a section in here: http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/finishin.asp but they seem to be used for a specific type of clearing. For what it's worth, I don't use finings; I use time. Might not be what you want to hear but time is very cheap indeed.

Use one in a tray of water in which you stand the demijohn. No problem with sanitising.

It'll be OK as long as he boils his arm first...

The main acid in wine (I believe) is tartaric acid A quick search says that if you add that to bicarb you'll get sodium tartrate, water and CO2 Sodium tartrate is a food additive aka E335, used as an emulsifier. Similar toxicity to Bicarb, so probably not harmful. **All this advice is froma...

Don't use finings, use patience. It'll give your wine time to mature as well.

So, I have access to a 23L class carboy. I also have a vacuum pump. Obviously I can fill the carboy with water and attach the pump to see if it will survive. However, I just wondered if anyone else has experience of doing it this way to save me potentially destroying the bottle. Thanks, Vin

5 Gallons Selection Pinot Grigio and 5 gallons Selection Barolo, yeast starters poured in about two hours ago, so already running fast. Forum Totals: 25 Gal Wine 3 Gal Cider 3 Gal Misc Totals updated.

Bottled 10 gallons today (Vieux Chateau du Roi and Sauvignon Blanc) so space for 10 Gallons (Selection - Barolo and Pinot Grigio) - ordered about an hour ago. Good start to the year, I hope.

Thought it might be worth a follow up post. Tried this again yesterday after another racking. Blimey! Astounding is the word. Rich, mellow and full of body. I've had some pretty expensive wine in my life entertaining clients and this is up there. Can I wait another year? Possibly not, to...

Selection International and Selection Estates have all been pretty much perfect for me and worth every penny spent on them. They have so much more body than wines made from kits at half their price that I will never, under any circumstances, go back. Frankly, even the most expensive, the...

Just donate it and damn the torpedoes.

This should help to answer your question: http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/feeding.asp there's a section on nutrient but you should also read up on yeast starters on there. That site in general is an excellent guide from starter to expert.

Sorry to be a one-trick pony but the step up to Selection Original kits from Beaverdale/Kenridge is very definitely worthwhile. Beaverdale lack body once you've made the jump up. Then the step up to Selection Estate kits is moving onto a new plane (at £120 for 30 bottles it's not cheap, but...