Well, being my first batch I had the newbie impatience so it was about four
weeks. Still longer than the kit said but I know now it should've been
longer.

"Frank Mirigliano" > wrote in message
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> 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