R-D-C wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am very new to this and so far despite having about 14 gallons on the go
> in one gallon demijohns I only have one gallon bottled (which furnished me
> with four bottles).
>
> I had a look at my bottled white wine a while ago and noticed it had stuff
> suspended in it. Sorry to give the comparison but it looked like somebody
> had had a hearty sneeze into the bottles. I left it for a while to see if
> it would settle out but it stubbornly stayed where it was.
>
> The other day I got hold of a wine filter so thought I would try this on the
> bottles. I sterlised a new bottle using VWP and started filtering. Anyway,
> the filtering worked well for about a bottle and a half before getting
> clogged up and then I knocked the damn thing over and spilled it. I was
> left with the bottle and a half so I corked the full bottle and tasted the
> half. The wine smelled quite bad and didn't taste to great either, although
> it was much improved over the unfiltered wine.
>
> The bottle I have left I put to one side upright for a fewdays. It was
> crystal clear and I was quite hopeful. About 12 hours ago I laid it on its
> side to get the wine in contact with the cork. This morning I look at it
> and the deposit has started to return.
>
> Now, I did notice something brown oozing from the cork a bit when I put it
> in the bottle but assumed this was probably normal (not sure, I am new to
> this!) Also, it was a cheap kit so this probably didn't help (CWE White
> Wine). I know I probably get what I paid for but this must be wrong.
>
> Can anybody help? I don't want my other 13 gallons to end up down the sink
> too!
>
>
Hi R-D-C

How soon after fermentation did you bottle?

Regards

Frank