Yes, Empty the bottles into the barrel. So the barrel will not be
capable of holding CO2? Even if I cork the barrel?

On Feb 20, 10:35 am, "pp" > wrote:
> You mean empty the bottles into the barrel? Or make the wine in the
> barrel? Or use the barrel to just store full bottles? Sorry, it's not
> clear. For the first two you'll lose pretty much all the CO2 and end
> up with a still wine. The third one is fine because the oak barrel
> won't have any effect but then why bother?
>
> For reference, Asti is fermented in a tank and the yeast is removed
> before all the sugar is consumed. The wine is then filtered for
> clarity and bottled, all done under pressure to keep the CO2 in. The
> result is a sweet, low alcohol sparkilng wine, with intensely fruity
> aroma because of the grape variety used (Muscat) and short contact
> with yeast lees.
>
> Pp
>
> On Feb 19, 9:30 pm, wrote:
>
>
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> > I have seen these oak barrels for sale on ebay. I would like to use
> > them to store multiple bottles of asti champagne. I wanted to find out
> > from someone who knows more about champagne than I do whether this
> > will work. I am concerned the barrel will affect the taste and/or not
> > allow the champagne to be stored for a long period. (couple of months)
>
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