"zxcvbob" > wrote in message
...
> Alex wrote:
> > Hi Again
> > further to the helpful advice given by this group a short
time ago, I have
> > had my wine in secondary fermentation for three weeks, my
wine is making
> > around one bubble
> > every few minutes. Assuming when I take a hydrometer reading
it is 1000 I am
> > going to rack into a clean demijon.
> > Do I need to top up the demijon? I have heard that you can
use a simular
> > wine, as I do not have any I would have to use water? Is this
ok or will it
> > dilute the wine?
> >
> >
> > Thanks Alex K
>
> Filtered apple juice (usually from concentrate) has no
character at all,
> but would dilute the wine a lot less than water. That's what I
use to
> make up the difference when I'm making jelly and don't have
quite enough
> juice.
>
> As someone else has mentioned, you can also add glass marbles
to take up
> the space.

How about just flushing the airspace with CO2?

Bob