alien wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I had a look at some wine I bottled a few weeks back and it looks
like I
> was too early. They had more sediment than I was comfortable with
and a
> slight cloudiness to them. I emptied them back into a demijohn with
> half a crushed camped tablet. There wasn't enough to fill the
demijohn,
> so I added 1.5 pints of water with about 1/2 lb of orange blossom
honey
> and about 1/4 lb sugar, followed by a new yeast starter. I can't
> remember sorbating the wine, though it's possible that I did. Am I
> right in thinking that sorbate just prevents yeast from breeding and
not
> from making alcohol? If so, will the yeast survive long enough to
work
> on the sugar and honey I added? I hope so, I tasted the wine before
> hand and I think the honey will be a perfect addition to it.

If you added sorbate to the wine, then the yeast will not multiply. Has
it started fermenting? If not, you may have your answer

Steve