I would rack it or grab it with a paper towel. When making wine there
is a general term for this, MOG. It stands for material other than
grapes. It's usually dirt, bees, flys, spiders and webs etc. I'm not
saying it's OK to have dead bugs in your wine, just that it might be
less of an issue to the wine than to your psyche...



Joe
wrote:
> Well... just don't tell anyone about it.
>
> I found a honey bee in the bottom of a 3 gallon batch of mead a while
> back. There wasn't much I could do about it within reason, so I just
> left it. I'm bulk aging the batch right now and it seems fine.
>
> Either the earwig introduced an acetobacter that will turn the batch
> into vinegar, or quite possibly, it's done no harm. Either way, I
> wouldn't worry about it. You might find that it has added some
> additional "character" to your wine. Hmmm... you might even start a
> trend. People everywhere might start adding earwigs to their must.
>
> How close are you to your next racking?
>
> Greg G.