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Tom S
 
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Default Finished wine staining bottles.


"Doug Canning" > wrote in message
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> In the past I have been ocassionally plagued by this and are currently
> having the following problem. I made a batch of wine from fresh juice
> (cabernet) and when finished I filtered with a #2 filter to polish.
> After bottling and storing for about 1-2 months I noticed that the
> wine bottles show a heavy stain when consuming a bottle. The area
> where the cork was of course remains clear but the area where the wine
> was is badly stained.
>
>
> What did I do wrong and how can I prevent this happening?


A year's bulk aging in either glass or stainless prior to bottling should
encourage most of that sediment to drop out therein, rather than in your
bottles.

Tom S