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    adding oak chips to wine

    Thanks for your input, I'll be tasting weekly. I boiled the chips and put them in cheese cloth, they are hanging in through the rubber airlock. Thanks again.
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    adding oak chips to wine

    I have added french oak chips to wine approx. 1oz to 5gall. The wine is approx. 70% cab. sauv. and 30% merlot made from grapes. I have added the oak chips this past week, the wine has finished its second ferm. and been tranferred to new demi-johns. My question is how long can/should I leave the...
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    is fermentation complete

    Thanks for your response. I'm going to go ahead and transfer wine into 2 other demi's and add french oak chips. Great forum.
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    is fermentation complete

    California Grapes-75% cab sav. 25%-merlot California I fermented must for 5 days in large drum-pressed grape skins-tranferred wine to 54L demi johns. Has been fermenting for 2months in demi's, I still see carbon dioxide bubbles rising. My question is-has the wine completely fermented? I have...
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