De-Gassing and Oxygenation

[VikeMan]

So how do you manage to stir your wine long enough and vigorously enough to de-gas it, without dissolving large quanities of Oxygen into it?

 

[Inner10]

Oxidizing isn't a big concern when your wine has so much co2 dissolved into it. Co2 is billowing out and oxygen doesn't have a chance of entering.

The best degasser of wine is time, degassing without a vac pump is a painful experience...even with a drill and a fizz-x.

 

[Yooper]

And don't forget that you're normally only degassing kit wines, and you're using k-meta, which is an antioxidant. Potassium metabisulfite binds with the wine so that it can't uptake oxygen- that's why it works so well for wines and helps prevent oxidation!