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Wildbilly

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wrote:

> "I have never seen
> a commercial winery add potassium metabisulfate powder directly to
> wine
> (grapes, yes; wine, no). It is always hydrated first. Maybe they are
> all
> just dumb. "
>
> Maybe they are. I know there is oxygen dissolved in water and I also
> know the amountr can vary. If you make a SO2 solution some of that SO2
> can bind with the SO2 in the water and become less effective. By
> putting the SO2 in the bottom of the carboy before I rack and then
> slowly swirl the SO2 into the wine , whatever oxygen that binds with
> the SO2 is oxygen in my wine, not in the water I used to make the
> solution before I add it to the wine.

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