Ditto here. Our gang pressed 20-30 cases of grapes annually;7 yrs making
reds w/o filtering, w/o clouding, no complaints from gift recipients. We
don't compete, so we don't need to polish our product & we're too cheap to
buy a machine & be married to buying filters every year! We're firmly
(stubbornly?) in the Non Filtre camp...


> wrote in message
ups.com...
> THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
> Ray Calvert wrote:
>> Filtering is a tool. There are those here who filter most everything and
>> those here that filter nothing. You develope a style of making wine
>> accordingly. I have made wine for about 35 years and never filtered and
>> never bottled a cloudy wine.
>>
>> Ray
>>
>> > wrote in message
>> ps.com...
>> >I am a relatively new home winemaker that uses various winexpert kits
>> > for now. I am curious as to whether it would be prudent to filter or
>> > strain my wine just before bottling or is it really not necessary. If
>> > it is appropriate, can anyone kindly recommend a specific
>> > filtering/straining cloth? Thank you!!!!!
>> >
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