ernie wrote:
> I'll have to disagree with droopy. Even though I wait almost a year before
> bottling, from carboys with several rackings, I invariably got too much
> CO2 in the bottled wines before I started degassing. I use a bottle-brush
> in a variable speed drill once the weather warms up in May and yes, sometimes
> it foams too violently, which just means lower the speed for a while.
>


huh, what temp do you keep your carboys at?

I have never detected any co2 in wine over 6 months old at home.