Skipping racking into secondary fermentor

[marbach1987]

I would really like to go from open ferment to bottling, combining more or less primary and secondary without a carboy. I realize it's not everyone's cup of tea, however I would like to know if it can be done without contamination and or oxidation and if so how?

Thanks

 

[Maylar]

It can be done. Racking cane and bottling wand same as from secondary. It probably won't be clear, and you risk picking up lees.

 

[Erik the Awful]

When I made a sparkling wine, I went straight from primary to bottling. Easiest wine I ever made. Turned out decent enough for New Year's Eve a week and a half ago, but I wouldn't take it to a high society function. You absolutely MUST use the thicker champagne bottles or you'll have bottle bombs.

White Grape Sparkling Wine
Started 20210403
14 cans 12oz Winco Frozen White Grape Juice Concentrate

20210403
Poured concentrate into primary bucket
Added 2 ½ gallons water
Hydrometer reading: 1.090 SG
Added 3 campden tablets

20210404
Added 2½ tbsp pectic enzyme
Added Lalvin EC-1118 yeast

20210413
Hydrometer reading: .990
Racked, very little sediment
Added 1 tbsp sparkolloid dissolved in 1 cup water

20210423
Added 1½ cups sugar and bottled – 17 750ml bottles
Added ½ tsp pink “brew glitter” to 4 bottles

20210704
Opened an un-glittered bottle and sampled.
Truly a ‘sparkling wine’.
Maybe a hair too much bottle pressure.
Very white-grapey flavor.
Acidity maybe off a bit?

 

[canerak]

I always go from primary to bottle.but i always use fermentation stopper, gelatin and cold crash at least for one week.in my experience this way you can get clear wine without using a second fermentor

 

[Coffee49]

I prefer to get my magic juice off the primary lees nlt 4 weeks, rather than risk an odd after taste it is worth the trandfer and topping off. The secondary stage determines if a clarifier is required.