Good news, Charlie; there's life after death.

Put some copper coins into carboy, rack back wine out of bottles into carboy
and let splash as much as possible; oxygen is your friend now! Attach
airlock. Rack after two weeks into secundary after testing smell of wine. If
necessary, let wine splash again when racking. BTW: the one who racks can
keep the coins. irlock again, of course. After another two weeks: bottle.
Let rest for a few months. And now you have a good excuse for tasting your
wine, every day. Good luck.

Ed

"Charlie" > schreef in bericht
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> Long time lurker here, first question.
>
>
> Last year some friends and I picked, crushed, fermented, pressed and
> bottled a tonne of Shiraz Grapes (We're in Australia).
>
> We have discovered that the bottles have the dreaded rotten egg gas in
> them...
>
> : -(
>
> All the advice I can find is to tip them down the sink and get ready for
> the 04 vintage, knowing that at least you'll have a decent thirst up by
> then. Has anyone heard of any post bottle remedies for H2S??
>
> Any ideas would be appreciated - we have nothing to loose...
>
> Cheers
>
>
> Charlie