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Thanks Mark.
"Mark - N1MT" > wrote in message
om...
> RDC;
>
> Few things,
>
> First, prior to bottling your wine, you'll want to degas it. They sell
> commercial degassers or you can save the $ and use a spoon to
> vigorously stir the wine removing the gas. This should help with the
> "fizz".
>
> Second, when making wine from a kit, keep in mind that the more water
> that is required to be added (to the kit's concentrate), typically,
> the lighter bodied it becomes. Consider adding some raison's to your
> next batch plus alittle grape tannin, if you like the tannin bite !
> Also, if the kit doesn't include oak, you may want to throw a few
> toasted oak chips into the carboy. I've found these things help
> improve the quality some of the cheaper kit wines.
>
> Last, give it time. Wine quality improves with time. I don't think I
> ever drank a 28 day old wine (as kits advertise) with the exception of
> a sample to monitor progress.
>
> Good luck, Mark
>
> "R-D-C" <nospam> wrote in message
> >...
>> Hello,
>>
>> back to my second batch which is moving along (my first batch may be
>> getting
>> bottled soon!)
>>
>> It is from a kit, "Unican House Reserve Full Bodied Dry Red 1g" and I
>> have
>> followed the instructions, fermenting it down to SG of 1.000. I have
>> just
>> racked it onto a campden tablet and a teaspoon of stabiliser dissolved in
>> lukewarm water and thought I would give it a taste. I am sure there is a
>> logical explanation and something I am not doing because fizzy red wine
>> just
>> doesn;t work for me 
>>
>> Also, it has barely any flavour initially, only a red wine aftertaste.
>> Is
>> this because it hasn't sat yet?
>>
>> Sorry for being dense 8-p
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