Currently I have a kit made red wine sitting in a carboy waiting to clear. I
added isinglass per the instructions that came with the kit and waited the
suggested seven days. When the wine did not clear, I waited another seven
days, again per the kit instructions. Still, the wine is cloudy. Any
suggestions? Add more isinglass or other fining? Decant to another carboy
and wait some more? Just wait some more? Forget it and just bottle it? Other
thoughts?

I have done other kits without hitting this problem.

Thanks.
--

Njord

"It is remarkable how quickly a good and favorable wind can
sweep away the madding frustrations of shore living."
--Ernest Gann

I have been using sparkaloid for my past few wines and am very pleased
with the results. My wines are almost brilliantly clear withing 2
days of adding.

I have been using sparkaloid for my past few wines and am very pleased
with the results. My wines are almost brilliantly clear withing 2
days of adding.

"JD" > wrote in message
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> I have been using sparkaloid for my past few wines and am very pleased
> with the results. My wines are almost brilliantly clear withing 2
> days of adding.
>

JD,
I am a Sparkolloid fan also. But Sparkolloid has one disadvantage. It
produces very fine lees. The lees require _several_ week to completely
settle, so bottling should not be done in less than two months of a
Sparkolloid fining.
Lum
Del Mar, California, USA

"JD" > wrote in message
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> I have been using sparkaloid for my past few wines and am very pleased
> with the results. My wines are almost brilliantly clear withing 2
> days of adding.
>

JD,
I am a Sparkolloid fan also. But Sparkolloid has one disadvantage. It
produces very fine lees. The lees require _several_ week to completely
settle, so bottling should not be done in less than two months of a
Sparkolloid fining.
Lum
Del Mar, California, USA

Njord wrote:
> Currently I have a kit made red wine sitting in a carboy waiting to clear. I
> added isinglass per the instructions that came with the kit and waited the
> suggested seven days. When the wine did not clear, I waited another seven
> days, again per the kit instructions. Still, the wine is cloudy. Any
> suggestions? Add more isinglass or other fining? Decant to another carboy
> and wait some more? Just wait some more? Forget it and just bottle it? Other
> thoughts?
>
> I have done other kits without hitting this problem.
>
> Thanks.
I had a fruit wine that would not clear a while ago and tries gelatin,
it's a 50 mile drive to the wine store to pick up another clearing agent
and one of the wine books suggested unflavoured gelatin. About a third
of one of the small pacs in the box and it worked like a charm.

Rick

Njord wrote:
> Currently I have a kit made red wine sitting in a carboy waiting to clear. I
> added isinglass per the instructions that came with the kit and waited the
> suggested seven days. When the wine did not clear, I waited another seven
> days, again per the kit instructions. Still, the wine is cloudy. Any
> suggestions? Add more isinglass or other fining? Decant to another carboy
> and wait some more? Just wait some more? Forget it and just bottle it? Other
> thoughts?
>
> I have done other kits without hitting this problem.
>
> Thanks.
I had a fruit wine that would not clear a while ago and tries gelatin,
it's a 50 mile drive to the wine store to pick up another clearing agent
and one of the wine books suggested unflavoured gelatin. About a third
of one of the small pacs in the box and it worked like a charm.

Rick

Did you make sure to degas the wine thoroughly before adding the isinglass?
I use a piece of sturdy but flexible tubing that I picked up at Home Depot.
I attach it to my cordless drill and whip it for a few minutes to drive off
the gas. The gas can suspend the particles causing the fining agent not to
work properly.
Thanks,

David

"Njord" > wrote in message
news:nKQld.2501$ol.1674@lakeread02...
> Currently I have a kit made red wine sitting in a carboy waiting to clear.
I
> added isinglass per the instructions that came with the kit and waited the
> suggested seven days. When the wine did not clear, I waited another seven
> days, again per the kit instructions. Still, the wine is cloudy. Any
> suggestions? Add more isinglass or other fining? Decant to another carboy
> and wait some more? Just wait some more? Forget it and just bottle it?
Other
> thoughts?
>
> I have done other kits without hitting this problem.
>
> Thanks.
> --
>
> Njord
>
> "It is remarkable how quickly a good and favorable wind can
> sweep away the madding frustrations of shore living."
> --Ernest Gann
>
>

Thanks for your reply, David. Yes, I followed the kit instructions which
called for degassing several times before and once when adding the
isinglass.

--

Njord

"It is remarkable how quickly a good and favorable wind can
sweep away the madding frustrations of shore living."
--Ernest Gann


news-server.triad.rr.com wrote:
> Did you make sure to degas the wine thoroughly before adding the
> isinglass? I use a piece of sturdy but flexible tubing that I picked up
> at Home Depot. I attach it to my cordless drill and whip it for a few
> minutes to drive off the gas. The gas can suspend the particles causing
> the fining agent not to work properly.
> Thanks,
>
> David
>
> "Njord" > wrote in message
> news:nKQld.2501$ol.1674@lakeread02...
>> Currently I have a kit made red wine sitting in a carboy waiting to
>> clear. I added isinglass per the instructions that came with the kit and
>> waited the suggested seven days. When the wine did not clear, I waited
>> another seven days, again per the kit instructions. Still, the wine is
>> cloudy. Any suggestions? Add more isinglass or other fining? Decant to
>> another carboy and wait some more? Just wait some more? Forget it and
>> just bottle it? Other thoughts?
>>
>> I have done other kits without hitting this problem.
>>
>> Thanks.
>> --
>>
>> Njord
>>
>> "It is remarkable how quickly a good and favorable wind can
>> sweep away the madding frustrations of shore living."
>> --Ernest Gann

Thanks for your reply, David. Yes, I followed the kit instructions which
called for degassing several times before and once when adding the
isinglass.

--

Njord

"It is remarkable how quickly a good and favorable wind can
sweep away the madding frustrations of shore living."
--Ernest Gann


news-server.triad.rr.com wrote:
> Did you make sure to degas the wine thoroughly before adding the
> isinglass? I use a piece of sturdy but flexible tubing that I picked up
> at Home Depot. I attach it to my cordless drill and whip it for a few
> minutes to drive off the gas. The gas can suspend the particles causing
> the fining agent not to work properly.
> Thanks,
>
> David
>
> "Njord" > wrote in message
> news:nKQld.2501$ol.1674@lakeread02...
>> Currently I have a kit made red wine sitting in a carboy waiting to
>> clear. I added isinglass per the instructions that came with the kit and
>> waited the suggested seven days. When the wine did not clear, I waited
>> another seven days, again per the kit instructions. Still, the wine is
>> cloudy. Any suggestions? Add more isinglass or other fining? Decant to
>> another carboy and wait some more? Just wait some more? Forget it and
>> just bottle it? Other thoughts?
>>
>> I have done other kits without hitting this problem.
>>
>> Thanks.
>> --
>>
>> Njord
>>
>> "It is remarkable how quickly a good and favorable wind can
>> sweep away the madding frustrations of shore living."
>> --Ernest Gann