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"Donny Tyler" > wrote in message
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> Transfer your wine into your bottles, put them into a bucket of cold

water.
> Heat the water up to temp of 85 to 90 degrees, this will kill yeast but

will
> not destroy the achol in the wine.......dlt
>


Perhaps Donny is referring to 85 to 90 degrees C. That would be equivalent
to 185 to 194 F. These temperatures will indeed kill yeast but they may
have an adverse effect on wine quality.
Lum
Del Mar, California, USA