Joe Sallustio wrote:

>
> I don't do it that way; I use 6 gallon pails and
> just 'top them up'
> once it's mostly done. I have at least a week
> of active fermentation and it takes a while -
> usually at least 2 weeks total for the cap to
> totally sink. By then I'm pretty sure I have as
> much out of those
> skins as I am going to get. Once the wine is
> still for the most part
> I start combining pails and let the residual CO2
> cover them. I do lid the pails the whole time.
>
> Your way sounds OK, I just don't have gas
> available. What some people do is just lay a few
> layers of plastic sheeting on top of the wine.
>
> Joe

Joe, do you do a delestage(sp?) and remove most of
the seeds when you transfer?