On Apr 4, 9:48 pm, Childfree Abby > wrote:
> I am pondering my next project - R.J Spagnoli Bolero - Italian Merlot.
>
> This kit is just a tad different than the ones I have tried previously,
> in that I have in my possession a 23L bucket of sterilized must. I was
> reading through the instructions as I always do before I begin and found
> something different than in my previous kits: The wine is kept in the
> primary fermenter four 14 days, then racked into the secondary only when
> the sg reaches 0.998 one begins stabilizing and clearing the wine.
>
> In the other kits I have tried, the wine is transferred to the secondary
> after the first week or so when the SG reaches 1.010 or less and
> secondary fermentation begins.

hmmm, this sounds like a different thread, something about me asking
if the advice of the local wineshop to skip step two was valid (insert
grin here)

> In essence, this kit omits the secondary fermentation altogether. What
> say you all on this particular method?

my local wine shop recommended I do this with the wineexpert kit
island mist that i am starting on. others here said "stick to the kits
instructions. I did. this weekend i'll be stabilizing and clearing.
samples have tasted spot on so I cannot complain.