How old is the wine and how many times have you racked it?
Darlene

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>I have a welches concord 6 gallon going for the wife. SG has been 993
> for weeks, but every morning there is still a trace ring of bubbles on
> the surface of the demijohn. It has been racked once, and appears not
> to have a heavy sediment at this point as none is realy visible, but
> obviously, this is concord so its a bit dark.
>
> I want to sorbate. My wife wants to drink her plonk, and I need to use
> up some bottles...the bubbles worry me enough to hope sorbating will
> help insure against exploding vino. I have a house full of little
> kids.
>
> My question is this: should I rack before sorbating? If I sorbate as-
> is, will the stirring to distribute the sorbate throw the sediment up
> so badly that I might have to wait a really long time before I have a
> clear wine again?
>
> Thanks
>
> Sean
>