Congratulations, winemaking is a very forgiving hobby. You almost have to
work at ruining a batch (though it can be done). And time is more often a
friend of the winemaker than an enemy.

You can use a cline test if you are interested in the real residual sugar in
your wines but you are probably right, it will be near nil.

Ray

"Thomas" > wrote in message
...
> Thought I'd tell you of this Sheraton Express Wine 5 Gal Kit. The sugar
was
> included. I had enough wine bottled soinstead of rushing through the
> instructions I waited up to 3 or 4 weeks between steps and have taken 6
> months to reach this point. I thought it would have spoiled having spent
so
> much time on the lees but it is the clearest and best red I have made. In
> fact I normally make whites because I have not made good Reds in the past.
I
> am going to do another red soon and as in this case will leave plenty of
> time between steps. I beleive it would normally have been ready in 8
weeks.
>
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> Regards
> Thomas
> Edinburgh Scotland
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