Darlene,
That is the basic concept with one major point to make... The wine has
to have Tatrate Crystals in order to form a crust on the Bentonite. There
usually is enough of them in most any grape wine, but I dont know anything
about Dandelion, but my first guess is that it does not contain them, and
this would be a waste of time. The point I was making was more about using
Bentonite for Protein stability or hazes versus as specifically a clarifying
agent, which there are better products out there for that purpose. Make
sense?
John Dixon
"Dar V" > wrote in message
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> John,
> I'm game for anything at this point. Let me see if I understand you
> correctly...you add bentonite, wait the proper time amount, then cold
> stabilize to damp down the bentonite, and then rack.
> Darlene
>
> "J Dixon" > wrote in message
> . ..
> > Darlene,
> > I use Bentonite regularly for my grape wines especially the whites.
> The
> > reason I use it is for Protein stability, or "hot" stability. Simply
> stated
> > it means that a sudden protein haze wont form at warmer temperatures.
> > Bentonite is also a clarifying agent, but in my opinion there are a lot
> > better products out there if clarity is the goal of the fining. I have
no
> > experience with dandelion, so I wont give you any suggestions as to what
> to
> > use without bench trials. I usually cold stabilize my wines by bring
them
> > outside after I have fined with the bentonite for about 2 weeks. This
> > accomplishes a couple things: it limits handling by eliminating a
racking,
> > and it has the benefit of the tatrate crystals "holding down" the
> bentonite
> > to allow better racking as the bentonite is quite fine and fluffy. HTH
> > John Dixon
> > "Dar V" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > I have a dandelion wine which wouldn't clear, so I have added some
> > > bentonite, and I've been watching the wine clear. It's been about 10
> > days.
> > > Since this was the first time I used bentonite to clear a wine, I was
> > > wondering what experiences others have had with it. Will it clear
more
> if
> > I
> > > wait longer or not? I'm happy with how much it has cleared
considering
> > how
> > > cloudy it was. I wouldn't say the wine is crystal clear, but I've
read
> > the
> > > info on Jack's site, and I really don't want to overdue it. Thanks in
> > > advance.
> > > Darlene
> > >
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