Apple & Cranberry,

It was about 3 months old when I bottled, and it was in the bottle about
a month. The wine was clear until I moved the bottle, but it took days
to settle again. I think I racked it twice after moving to secondary.
Once after three months and once again after fining.

Dar V wrote:
> Can I ask what kind of a wine is this, how old the wine was when you bottled
> it, and how many times you racked it before bottling?
> Darlene
> Wisconsin
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> "alien" > wrote in message
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>>Hello,
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>>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.
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