"steve" > wrote in message
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> I have a BonVino Suprajet filter, and the finest filter pads I can get
> locally are #3, which are described as 0.5 microns - sterile filtering. In
> the interests of stabilizing a white wine I would prefer didn't go through
> Malo - is this pad fine enough, or where can I get one fine enough? I have
> consulted with a colleague who claims to use winery grade pads in his
> Suprajet to filter out the wee beasties - but I didn't ask him for his
> source.

You'd need a 0.45 micron _absolute_ sterile membrane to filter out ML. A
0.5 micron nominal pad won't do it. Same goes if you are trying to remove
yeast from a sweet wine.

Tom S