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Lum Eisenman
 
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Default Bottling temperature


"Pino" > wrote in message
.. .
> Hello
>
> At this time of year my wine cellar is very cold. (5C/42F) Is this too

cold
> to bottle. Should I move the DJ out and let it warm up before bottling.
>
> Or can I just leave a little more ullage so that I don't overfill the
> bottles?
>
> thanks
>
> Joe


Hi Joe,
I would move the wine into a warm room and let it warm up to about 70
degrees before bottling. Bottling always introduces a lot of oxygen into
the wine and cold wine can hold almost twice as much oxygen as 70 degree
wine.
Good luck,
Lum
Del Mar, California, USA