Yes, your poor Dad will have to look at your wonderful bottles of wine
for a while. Though I did this kit once, and it was very nice in 6 months.

Drill degasser - the instructions when hand stirring says "stir
vigorously for 2 minutes" and "if you don't do this right the wine will
not clear" and scary things like that. What is vigorous? I tried this a
few times and got blisters so went and bought a drill attachment.

I use a Drill attachment also - I have a 19volt cordless and put it on
high and then stir one direction until the wine is spinning and then hit
reverse and do it again until the wine is a tornado in the carboy. I do
this over and over for about 1 minute. Then I rest (snicker) and the 2
inches of foam slowly settles. After 5 minutes, I repeat the above. This
time much less foam. Then I consider it done.

I just did this to my Zinfandel kit and it's in the last 28 days of
clearing.

Good luck. Let us know if Dad likes this better than Charles' 2Buck!
I'm guessing he'll think he has a $20 bottle of wine and much enjoy it.

DAve

wrote:
Hi gang!

I'd just like to say that I think winemakers have a great sense of
humor and feel that this was the post's intention.

Okay, I'd like to get my Dad off the two buck-chuck, but the wine kit
I bought is "Vintners Reserve - Cabernet Sauvignon." The guy at the
store tells me that I should age this in the bottle for at least a
year, before drinking. Well, I guess Dad's going to be two-bucking
for a bit longer.

I am now at the degassing stage, it's quite foamy. I have the drill
attachment, but I always feel I'm causing the foam with the motion?!?
I'm going to search for more info on this subject.

Thank you all for your advise.
Susan