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That probably casts a different light on my question cheapbrew. We only brew 5 gallon / 30bottle lots. But I will cut the degassing time right back as you suggest.Thanks.

As a result of the advice offered here, I will in future spend considerably less time degassing our wine. And I will allow considerably more time for the wine to age in the bottle. Thanking you!

This is a NorthernBrewerTV YouTube tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9G9zpYfMxA. About 2 minutes in, the guy says to degas for 15-20 minutes in a bucket, or for an hour in a carboy. I hope you understand my confusion.

I'm beginning to think that part of our problem might be that we are spending too much time degassing the wine. Nobody seems to explain how to do this in a way that I understand And if they do, somebody else appears to be saying the complete opposite. We use a whip and a cordless drill. But I've...

Thank you that is very helpful tonyhibbett. And it seems we weren't mad in believing that 'yesterday's wine' was nicer - or wine opened yesterday tasted nicer than a bottle that was just opened today. How long as a rule of thumb would you recommend bottle ageing the wine? Barrels are not an...

We've been brewing wine for a little over a year using kits from Kenridge, Beaverdale, DOC and others. We've bottled the reds and allowed them to mature in this time and they are really coming good now. Our white wines are inferior. But we drink them young. There seems to be conflicting...