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Bertie Doe Bertie Doe is offline
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Default Stopping wine at one week


"BobF" > wrote in message
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> On 4/29/2010 2:43 PM, Bertie Doe wrote:
>>
>> Degassing, is this done by racking? Neither wine has
>> been racked, as I'm
>> always a bit nervous about contamination.
>>

> vigorous stirring and vacuum are the most popular
> methods. Racking does degas some due to the siphon
> action.


Thanks Bob I'll give that a try. The irony is that my
first batch of white, I added no sugar and it stopped
after 10 days!!