Just a suggestion but I would try to find a 1/2 gal jug. Then rack into a 1
gal jug and the 1/2. Any extra could be put in regular wine bottles. That
way you would not have to top up at all. That is generally the best thing
to do. Avoid topping up.

Ray

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> "William Frazier" > wrote in message
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>> How much wine are you making?
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> Only two gallons, my first attempt, I have taken a hydrometer reading,
> about 990.
>> What size carboys/bottles (demijohns) do you have?
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> 1 Gallon.
> buy some commercial plum wine and use that to top up. Any other
>> wine will change the character of your homemade plum wine.
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> Drat! I was on holiday last week in The west Country . That's Devon and
> Cornwall in the UK.
> loads of country wines in the shops. I even bought a small bottle of
> strawberry to try.
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> I have heard that malt whisky put glass marbles in their half empty
> bottles
> to bring the level up and stop oxidation.
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> Thanks Alex K
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