Wine - help a newbie!

[Jaymidd]

Hello all, this is my first post.

I've just bottled my second batch of Chardonnay using the Young's Wine Buddy 30 bottle 7 day kit (starting simple!). Each batch only yielded 26 bottles rather than 30. There was probably close to a bottle worth left in the fermentation bin prior to me hitting the sediment but still... I was extremely accurate with the quantities when brewing so just wondering if this is to he expected, and would I seriously ruin the next batch if I increased the amount of water etc to compensate? May be a stupid question but thanks in advance anyway!

 

[Moley]

Welcome to the forum :

I have never made that particular kit wine but your volume losses do sound a bit high. Try giving it a week longer than they suggest and you will get a more settled sediment. You can always tip the lees into something like a 2 litre pop bottle and give it another week to settle out again.

However, don't increase the water to compensate, you've erred on the right side.

 

[Mr.Everready]

I've not done this kit yet but I have 2 sitting ready to do.

Are you sure you're using enough water. 23l / 700ml = 32 bottles, 23l / 750ml = 30 bottles. so to lose about 3 litres seems just a bit too much.

How many times do you rack the wine ? Maybe you're losing quite alot when doing that.