"santos" > wrote in message
...
> I just finished racking 2 carboys of red wine and have none available to
top
> up with and would like to top them without having to add water, as I tried
> that in the past and ended up with a weak result... I do have some white
> wine that i can use easily, but I am wondering if it will effect the taste
> much? or if there are any other reaosns it would not be suitable? At
worst
> I'll break down and buy a bottle of red tommorow but with the white being
> ready at hand seemed like an easy fix... any suggestions?

Go buy some similar red wine and top up leaving no headspace. If you're
using a rubber stopper to seal the carboys, leave a _little_ headspace, but
be sure your free SO2 is up where it should be.

I rather like the pop-off plastic caps that come on carboys of bottled
water. You can top completely full, and not worry about thermal expansion
blowing the bottom out of a carboy.

Tom S