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Thanks for all the feedback guys, I'm new to this and love the learning process. Just to confirm, is this the pump in discussion - http://www.allinonewinepump.com/ ? I did open one bottle, shook it up and even used a generic little hand pump (wine preserver gadget) to try to pull some gas out...

OK, I'm confused, I was under the impression that you wanted to agitate the wine to release the trapped gasses and that using a whip at the end of a drill was one of the better methods to do this. I don't really want to go out and drop $200 on a pump, I don't mind moving my carboys around a...

Thanks, I'll research extended directions for kits. Is it possible to over-degass? We seriously used the whip on it for 20+ minutes in an attempt to fully remove gasses, when we stopped there was only a minuscule amount of 'foaming'.

Thanks for the interest and great info. I'll try opening one bottle into a decanter and let it sit for a few hours, if that fixes it then I'll discuss degassing the batch and bottle again with my folks. Just for my beginer lingo can you give the full names for K-meta and MLF so I can...

Hi everyone, Last year I had the pleasure of starting a new hobby in an attempt to spend more time with my parents. We had a fun time being creative and just working side by side. I bought a bunch of gear online including a wine kit we selected, the 'SONOMA VALLEY PINOT NOIR (ECLIPSE)'. We...