I've been making wine from juice for 4 years now, and pretty much do what 'wise
winemakers' taught me. My wine is drinkable and I've not had any major
problems with bad wine, etc. My question: I usually rack my wine 4-5 times,
usually bottling about 9-10 months after I start the Fermantation process. I
don't use any filtering prior to bottling, and haven't used any fining agents.
My whites appear to be pretty clear. Should I be using a fining agents?
Typically the wine lasts about a year after bottling, and I haven't noticed any
settling. Will fining or filter improve the wine taste at all?

Not the taste. And if you're not getting any settling after a year, that's
pretty good and hard to beat. From my own experience, fining and even
filtering has made an ENORMOUS difference in clarity. It's just cosmetic, but
my filtered wines sparkle far more than my wines that settle on their own.

Lee

Not the taste. And if you're not getting any settling after a year, that's
pretty good and hard to beat. From my own experience, fining and even
filtering has made an ENORMOUS difference in clarity. It's just cosmetic, but
my filtered wines sparkle far more than my wines that settle on their own.

Lee

Go visit Lum's site. He covers fining pretty thourougly. It is not just
cosmetic. It can improve or dimminish the taste depending on what you do.

Ray

"LG1111" wrote in message
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Not the taste. And if you're not getting any settling after a year,
that's
pretty good and hard to beat. From my own experience, fining and even
filtering has made an ENORMOUS difference in clarity. It's just cosmetic,
but
my filtered wines sparkle far more than my wines that settle on their own.

Lee