"Jeff Chorniak" > wrote in message
able.rogers.com...
>
> Even so, if you bottle with a simple enolmatic bottler which works on a
> vacuum principle to draw the wine from the carboy, there is a certain
level
> of degassing taking place even as your bottle is being filled. But if the
> wine is terribly gassy at bottling time, I don't think the Enolmatic will
do
> a thorough job.
>
No, but I use my Enolmatic for degassing by bypassing the bottling arm and
using the pump to evacuate the headspace. A half hour seems plenty to remove
a substantial portion of dissolved CO2, even in a cold fermented white.

Brian