On Feb 25, 6:30*am, Pino > wrote:
> On Feb 24, 6:15*am, Joe Sallustio > wrote:
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> > On Feb 23, 8:46 pm, "Robert Lewis" > wrote:
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> > > I'd think that a good dolly could move those. *Sure, they'd get shaken up a
> > > bit in the move, but would settle back down.
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> > > *Robert
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> > > "Pino" > wrote in message
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> > > >I will be moving soon and have some 54L DJ and a 55L barrel. *These
> > > > are too difficult to move intact so I am wondering what is the best
> > > > way to move the wine about 20 miles by van?
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> > > > thanks
> > > > P.
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> > I have a demijohn but it's old, it has no basket. *I would move the
> > barrel intact but put a moving strap over the bung; I would break the
> > carboy down into smaller carboys and seatbelt them in a car. *The
> > glass on mine looks pretty thin, I won't even pick it up more than
> > half full, too awkward.
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> > Joe
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> Thanks for the tips!
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> I'll look around for a good dolly maybe I can rent one. *It will still
> be a challenge to go up and down stairs.
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> Should I take any precautions to prevent oxydation if I transfer the
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I have recently converted from a siphon-based racking system to
compressed gas (argon) "Push" method of transferring wine.

As such, one ot the things that I do prior to transferring my wine
from carboy to carboy is to completely fill the destination carboy
with Argon. This way, as i push the wine with compressed gas from one
tank to the other, there is no substantial chance of oxygen getting to
the wine.

One of the influences that that conviced me to convert was the
"violence" done to wine by oxygen, as described by Philip Jackisch in
his book "Modern Winemaking".