I guess this question is for Lum, will the set up he has documented in
his manual have the ability to sterile filter the wine with those $25
water filters?


Bob


"Tom S" > wrote in message .com>...
> "steve" > wrote in message
> ...
> > 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