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MAY YOUR WINES FALL BRIGHT!

Bottling needs:

Closures: Corks: Agglomerated, First, Premium, Thermoplastic! What to use??   This depends on the life of your wine, long or short, the corker you have, and the budget you have  

Corkers: hand or floor corker? The smaller Portuguese floor corker is the cat’s meow.  Yes, corking is a challenge and you do need a corker.   

Screw caps twist on by hand; crown caps require a capper and a crown cap neck bottle. Champagne closures can be pushed on by hand with appropriate bottles and wire hoods are always a consideration.

Bottle Brushes for wine, beer bottles and carboys.  A baby brush is too short!  Do not use a carboy brush on the PET carboys.

Bottles 2-dozen (750 ml) bottles per 5 gallons of wine. 

Bottle fillers fill from the bottom of the bottle.    Start your siphon, attach the filler to the tubing, place in the bottle, push down and fill to the brim of the wine bottle, let up and remove.  The filler will leave just the right space for the cork if using 3/8 filler in a 750 ml bottle.          A ½ bottle filler will leave too much of a headspace in a 750 ml bottle.  The filler on the right is a Ferrari automatic bottle.

Fining agents help to clear the wine or brew, it it does not fall bright naturally.

Labels and Capsules are optional. You can be creative or use masking tape! Actually there are 'easy remove' self-adhesive labels available at office supply shops. We carry a self-adhesive parchment color blank label sheet.

Testing needs.
The hydrometer is a testing device, but it is so necessary that it is listed above with the initial winemaking equipment.

Acid Testing Kit contains sodium hydroxide .1N, a syringe to draw a sample, and a test tube to run the test. Knowing the initial TA (total acid) allows the winemaker to adjust the acid up if needed or down. Most eastern cool climate grapes are too high in acid.  

Residual sugar test kit (Accuvin) ior Clinitest test kit is for testing RS (residual sugar) in your finished wine.

pH meters pH is important in wine. 

Vinometers test the alcohol IF the wine sample is dry. Sugar in the sample will distort the reading.

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May Your Wines Fall Bright!