Thanks Tom. Barrel racking worked out great w/ a vacuum pump. I'm not
going to vacuum rack to the SS tank.

The current configuration of my equipment doesn't allow me to gravity
rack to the SS tank b/c it is the highest piece of equipment. I'm
going to play around w/ some options, making it the lowest
piece....which should work well.

I have an impeller pump, but it always seems to introduce a bit of
oxygen into the wine (connections are sealed tight). My Enolmatic
bottler can be used to rack wine, and the flow (amount of vacuum) can
be adjusted for a slow flow rate . Is a vacuum pump harsh on the wine?
There doesn't seem to be oxygen pickup, but can a weak vacuum strip
some of the wine's character? Thanks, -David