I've seen that, hit it with camden (1 tablet /gal) and gently stir; or rack
again and add camden.

Did not seem to effect the quality of the wine, it happened once to a
Blueberry wine I made.

Steve
"Matthew Givens" > wrote in message
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> Did some research, and found something on Jack Keller's website about
> "Flowers of Wine". He suggests racking and filtering to remove the
flowers,
> and then adding a crushed campden tablet. I'm not CERTAIN this is what is
> happening to my wine, but it looks like it might match. Thoughts?
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> "Matthew Givens" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Okay, I've been making wine for about five years, but through some
> > cosmological fluke have never had a problem with a fermentation.
There's
> > a first time for everything, and since I've never had to deal with
> > anything like this, I could use some advice.
> >
> > I put up a plum wine (from fresh plums) 12 days ago, and transferred it
to
> > a secondary last sunday. Looking at the wine in the carboy, I see what
> > looks like small patches of wax forming on the top. Obviously a
bacteria
> > of some kind. Any suggestions on how to fight this?
> >
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